Students will read passages and compare the traits of two characters.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

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.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

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

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

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

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

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

Analyzing what a character says and does in a story can help determine their personality or character traits. This resource gives students practice in harnessing this important reading comprehension skill.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Does your little learner have a tough time paying attention? Give him a fun activity where he'll practice following directions in order to solve a riddle.

Students will practice using pronouns to support their understanding of point of view.

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy of writing fiction summaries with these reading passages.

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

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this worksheet.

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Take an imaginary trip to a country that loves baseball, boxing and basketball. It's not America -- it's the Dominican Republic!

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

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

Build comprehension skills with this reading page on cause and effect for kids.