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

After independent reading, check in to see how students are understanding what they read. Having students make character paper dolls is a fun way to assess their comprehension and bring the story to life!

Do you know the story of the Frog Prince? Help your little reader hone her basic reading comprehension skills with a fun storyboard exercise.

Pretend you're spending the holidays in France as you discover the Christmas customs and culinary delights of a country half a world away!

Help your young students learn the importance of transition words in this fun activity. By filling in the missing words, students discover how transition words help structure procedural writing.

The Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy is a great tool to help students identify and understand story elements. In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own!

This reading response worksheet gives the "evil" stepsisters a chance to defend themselves.

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

Fill in this story map to organize the details of the Jack and the Beanstalk story.

Get reading going with your own Three Billy Goats Gruff story booklet.

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.

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.

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

Share a story with your child! With this five-page classic folktale, she'll get to color the illustrations as she hones her reading skills.

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

Have you ever heard of Julbock, the Christmas goat, or Tomten, the gift-giving Christmas elf? Learn how to celebrate Christmas in Sweden!

Practice some hands-on storytelling with these shadow puppets, modeled after The Three Little Pigs.

Reading is so much more than just following words on a page—it's about deriving meaning from the text! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them draw and write about their favorite parts.

This worksheet helps students identify and make connections between key ideas in nonfiction readings.

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

This Cinderella story map is ready to keep the details of a classic and beloved fairy tale in order. As your child thinks of who is in the story, and…

A rebus story is like a picture story! It's up to your little storyteller to fill in the blanks with the cut-out pictures on page 1.

Enjoy part three of this Russian folk tale, Teremok. The little hideaway hut is getting crowded! Have your child read to you to find out what happens next.

This worksheet helps students analyze the ways in which stories are similar and different.

Kids can demonstrate their understanding of what they are reading with this printable bookmark.

After reading nonfiction books, encourage students to share what they’ve learned by writing letters to a family member. Students will use this letter template to share the name of the book and a detailed summary of what they learned.

This worksheet prompts students to identify and find different text features to build their reading comprehension skills.

Is it a tiger or a shark? Give your child a fun and informative coloring page, sure to satisfy any shark fanatic!

In Russian, the word teremok means "little hideaway". Give your child a fun, fresh way to practice her reading with this Russian folk tale.

Engage your students in retelling stories and sharing their thoughts with this fun worksheet. After reading a book independently, young critics will tell what happens in the story and explain why they would or would not recommend it.