Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

Your students will love learning all about this fascinating historical figure while also practicing reading comprehension and reading response skills.

Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.

Your third graders will love reading this story about Mike, his friends, the kickball game, and the runaway ball! Use this resource with your students as they answer basic comprehension questions about a fiction text.

Get ready to take an exciting trip as you read this cheerful passage!

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Dig your hands into some earth science with this soil sheet! Your little scientist can hone his reading skills as he learns what soil is and how it is formed.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

With this worksheet, your students will connect the key ideas of this nonfiction text and identify the cause and effect relationships.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of rock 'n' roll music and the history of African-Americans in pop music!

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

Learners get a brief introduction to the capital of the United States in this worksheet.

Young readers will discover how to identify the point of view of a story or text in this literacy worksheet.

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

Ask students questions about "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer to develop their reading comprehension skills.

Children practice connecting cause to effect in this reading comprehension worksheet.

In this nonfiction biography, learn how Nikola Tesla invented key technologies that are still used today.

Provide your students support as they work on improving their reading comprehension skills by creating a nonfiction text summary.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Readers will delight in this first (worst) day of school story, and practice cause and effect with this funny worksheet.