Following instructions doesn't have to be boring. Start with a phrase. Then rearrange, add and delete words by following the directions very carefully.

Engage students in reading by having them share books with peers. Students prepare for giving a book talk in which they'll describe what happens in the book, their favorite part, and whether or not they would recommend the book to a friend.

First graders will gain exposure to the classic text by Charles Perrault, "The Sleeping Beauty", with this worksheet. After reading the story, kids are tasked with reading comprehension questions about what they read.

Help your child comprehend his reading better by using this graphic organizer. Help him fill out the story map for The Three Little Pigs.

In this literacy worksheet, learners will read a classic fairy tale, then learn more about another character from the story.

Familiarity with different types of texts is an important part of the first grade reading curriculum. In this worksheet, kids read Christina Rossetti's famous poem, "Caterpillar" and then answer questions about what they read.

How well do you know your fables? Mix up storytelling time by putting The Boy Who Cried Wolf story back in order!

After reading a short text, students gain practice making predictions about what will happen next.

Young readers dip their toes into character analysis with this fun graphic organizer.

Introduce your child to a classic Aesop's fable, re-told in a series of fun coloring pages! Your child will be honing her reading skills as she colors.

Fairy tales are a great way to engage your students in reading! Help them determine the central message of the classic story, The Tortoise and the Hare, with this fun reading comprehension worksheet.

Using this Venn diagram, young readers will compare and contrast two thematically similar works of nonfiction.

Use this paragraph frame worksheet to support ELs as they navigate through the process of retelling text using transition words. This template can be used as a scaffold for any fictional text in the classroom!

Help your students practice their informational reading skills as they learn about leafcutter ants!

Little readers will love a fun storyboard activity with the three little pigs! Re-tell this classic story with these cut-out pictures of scenes from the story.

In this classic fable by Aesop, the tortoise learns an important lesson when he catches a ride into the sky with a duck. Exposing kids to classic texts like "The Tortoise and the Duck" is a great way to give them important reading practice.

This worksheet helps students learn from pictures and captions in nonfiction texts while also answering comprehension questions.

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.

This worksheet challenges first graders to find out the main idea of the passage.

Get ready to read! Set students up for success by showing them how to preview texts before reading. Young readers are challenged to predict what the book is about using the title and illustrations before diving into the story.

Every living thing needs a home to survive! Many animals have unique and interesting ways of building their homes.

Help students practice close reading with this character detective worksheet.

One way to bring books to life for students is to have them empathize with one of the characters. This fun worksheet engages students in analyzing how a character’s feelings change over the course of the beginning, middle, and end of the book.

Why do athletes get their own cards but not book characters? Change all that with this fun, reusable worksheet.

What happens next? In this worksheet, learners will read a short fictional passage, then write and draw what they think will happen next.

How well do you know the Rumpelstiltskin story? Hone comprehension skills with this fun fairy tale mix up.

Make following instructions fun and interesting with this worksheet! Your child will practice an important skill that's needed on a daily basis.

It looks like someone's jumbled up this story! Kids will love putting this Stone Soup story back together, a great reading comprehension exercise.

Are some predictions better than others? In this worksheet, students identify the event most likely to happen and use details from the story to explain their thinking.

Fiction or nonfiction? Children are introduced to the concept of genre in this early literacy worksheet.