Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

Introduce your students to two myths from different cultures.

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

Use this resource with your students as they identify the different ways a character tries to solve a problem.

Use this resource with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view in a text about a major historical event. Students will read a passage about the Tsunami of 2004 and determine the author’s viewpoint as they establish the

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Keeping a reading log is a great way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Your students will build reading fluency and stamina by logging and graphing their reading time.

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

Get to know the White House and the U.S. Capitol in this social studies matching worksheet!

"We can fly! We can fly" Your child may never fly, but they'll have a soaring good time with this Peter Pan story and worksheet.

This worksheet helps your child focus on prediction and comprehension in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Kids will read the classic fable and answer written prompts.

Get your third grader familiar with basic poetry vocabulary in this diagram worksheet

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

This reading stamina chart can be used to help students track and increase the amount of time they can spend reading to themselves during independent reading.

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.

Travel to the Land of the Munchkins in this Wizard of Oz worksheet, which focuses on story details and setting.

Here's a snapshot of the story of Orion. His tale makes for light reading and simple practice with story structure for kids.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

Read this famous Norse myth starring Sif and Loki and find out how mythology shapes our understanding of the world around us.

This excerpt has exactly 100 words and is great reading practice for your little quaterbacks!

Differentiating between facts and opinions is a key fourth grade skill to master and is helpful in identifying the author’s purpose in a text. Use this activity to give your students extra practice differentiating between these two kinds of sentence

Children put their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution to the test with this simple quiz!

Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it's waved.