Use this resource to help your students identify and explain the problem in a passage using past tense verbs.

Children will use six question words — who, what, when, where, why, and how — to identify the problem and solution in a short passage.

Use an open-ended graphic organizer to help your students identify the problem and solution in three stories.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

In this fiction comprehension exercise, your students will use transition words to help them write about the problem and solution in three short stories.

This fun worksheet serves as a great visual for your kids to organize their thoughts around the elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them fill out this handy slide graphic organizer with plot, protagonist, and antagonist.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

Learners will practice identifying the problem and solution in texts in this reading comprehension worksheet.