Use this resource to teach your students how to use signal words as they explain the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional story.

Review the classic American tall tales with this character map! Use your knowledge of setting in a story to show where each of these tall tales originated.

This graphic organizer will encourage your students to put together all the pieces of a strong inference and help them practice reading comprehension skills.

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

Maintaining a reading log is a fun way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Students will keep track of their month-by-month reading stamina and practice their bar graphing with this reading log worksheet.

Children learn the inspiring life story of historical hero Frederick Douglass, who rose from slavery to become a preeminent leader of the abolitionist movement, in this worksheet.

The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

Authors use sensory language to make their writing more descriptive. Have your students consider the words authors use to create specific moods in this fun pumpkin-themed worksheet!

This Frankenstein worksheet is great for teaching kids about classic literature near Halloween. Use this Frankenstein worksheet with your child this October.

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

Evidence + reasoning = an inference! This helpful tool will help your students add up the pieces to make strong inferences as they read.

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

Those tiny bumps on signs are one of the biggest inventions in modern history. Meet Louis Braille, a man who has helped millions of people worldwide.

Your students will demonstrate understanding of a short fiction text by answering who, when, what, where, why, and how questions. Use this as an introduction to the vocabulary in the EL Support Lesson: Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions.

Explore the major themes of your reading assignment by making a book poster. Don't forget the tagline!

Meet the legendary John Henry, a famous character from a classic tall tale! Learn the difference between fact and fiction with this fun reading sheet.

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

Understanding who is telling the story is an important skill for young readers. Use this resource with your students to practice distinguishing their own point of view from that of the narrator or characters.

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

In this yummy exercise, students will differentiate between statements of fact and opinion as they read all about chocolate!

It's time to find some rhymes! Help your budding poet learn to identify rhyme schemes in poetry with this worksheet.

Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.

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

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African American jazz legends! Here’s a page on Thelonious Monk, the first name in the modern jazz movement.

This Louis Pasteur biography goes over his accomplishments, and includes a bacteria-based science activity at the end!