Use this resource to get your students comparing and contrasting information from two short texts.

What type of change will you get? Use this resource with your students to compare and contrast chemical and physical reactions.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Give your second graders' logical thinking skills and reading comprehension a healthy boost with a lesson in cause and effect. Students will practice determining cause and effect with this short, funny story about a wishing fountain.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

Develop your student's writing skills with this character and setting worksheet. Encourage your students to use interesting adverbs and adjectives in their descriptions.

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

During this activity, students will create cause and effect comic strips complete with captions, pictures, and speech and sound effect bubbles.

Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

Keep this organizer handy for your students to keep track of the chapters they've read and look ahead to the next one! Challenge your young readers to take their chapter summaries one step further by having them write out predictions for upcoming chapters

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

These bookmarks will provide thinking frames for your students as they read, encouraging deeper thinking and strengthening comprehension.

In this yummy exercise, students will differentiate between statements of fact and opinion as they read all about chocolate!

When paired with nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between two accounts of the same event.

Read a chapter and write a summary! Help your second graders practice their reading fluency while also improving their summarizing skills.

Do your students know the difference between Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day? This reading comprehension worksheet will teach them about the similarities and differences of the holidays. First, they’ll read a passage that provides facts ab

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

In "The Elves and the Shoemaker," the reader meets a friendly shoemaker. This Grimm's fairy tale is told through colorable pictures and kid-friendly text.

This informative and inspiring worksheet will have your students compare and contrast two athletes who have been instrumental in changing the world of women’s sports!

The Ant and the Grasshopper is a fable that teaches kids the value of hard work. Kids will focus on comprehension and predictions in this worksheet.

This resource helps your EL students identify and explain charts, graphs, and diagrams.

Learn about these lush, diverse biomes and practice spotting their inhabitants.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

Explore the sounds and patterns of poetry with this second- and third-grade reading activity!

Short stories, such as The Crow and the Jug, make great reading comprehension tools. Use this short Aesop’s fable to get your second graders thinking about central lessons and morals.

Discover the rhythm and rhyme of poetry with this second- and third-grade reading activity!