Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

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

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Familiarize your child with Peter Pan, one of the most enduring characters of children's literature, with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this worksheet to practice sequencing a character’s feelings using transition words.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

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

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

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.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

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

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

One of the first questions young readers should ask is, "Who is telling this story?" Here students will practice spotting different points of view by identifying which point of view sentences are written from and then writing sentences of their own.

Your students will need to read between the lines as they make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

Children will read this Reader's Theater script, then answer questions designed to support their understanding of the characters, story, and message of the play.

This cause and effect worksheet opens your child up to improved critical thinking abilities. Use this cause and effect worksheet to focus on story structure.

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.

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

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