Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.

Practice identifying elements of a story in this simple sorting activity!

In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.

Have your third grader practice their reading fluency with this passage about Autumn.

Read Aesop's classic fable, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

Students will identify the main idea and supporting details in a short nonfiction text.

Help your third grader practice following directions on how to build a tornado in a bottle, and build his reading comprehension skills in the process.

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

In this fascinating worksheet, children learn about the history of chocolate, from its ancient ceremonial use to the invention of the chocolate candy bar.

Children learn about the ways that butterflies like the viceroy and buckeye avoid predators in this engaging reading comprehension worksheet.

Learners will practice identifying the theme of a story by reading a short passage and answering four comprehension questions.

In this worksheet, children determine the order of events in a story about two friends who like to roller skate together in their neighborhood.

This picture story is all mixed up! Use this worksheet to teach your students how to put plot events in order.

Students will read and answer questions about the Bradley family's summer vacation. 

Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from the Grimm Brothers' "The Golden Bird."

Help your child understand cause and effect with this practice sheet.

This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

This main idea worksheet guides your child through reading comprehension practice. Download today to get started!

Give your second grader's logical thinking skills and reading comprehension a healthy boost with a lesson in cause and effect.

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.

Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.

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

Children learn about the Moon, then practice finding and writing the main idea, in this literacy worksheet.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Children learn about the food cycle in a rain forest as they color in a scene of snakes, butterflies, leopards, and other forest-dwelling creatures.

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.