Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

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.

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.

Give kids a fun way to practice using parts of speech with this fill-in-the-blank story template! You and your students will be in a fit of giggles as you listen to each other read their completed zoo-inspired stories aloud!

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.

Double consonants are everywhere! Explore -ff, -zz, -ll, and -ss double-consonant words with this engaging cut-and-paste worksheet for first and second graders.

Sharpen your silent letter skills with this cut-and-paste phonics worksheet for first and second graders!

Check whether you have a photographic memory of ch and ph digraph words in this spelling worksheet!

Draw your way to digraph dominance in this delightful worksheet!

Norse mythology wasn't all revenge and destruction. There's also the lovely Sif, protector of the earth.

Know that you’ll never write the wrong silent letter digraph word when you complete this fun phonics worksheet!

Search for the elusive silent letter words with kn and gn in this second-grade phonics worksheet!

Introduce children to American playwright Lorraine Hanberry, who was only 29 years old when she won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play for "A Raisin in the Sun."

Color this picture of Loki, the merriest prankster in all of Asgard.

Understanding the relationship of cause and effect is a cornerstone of strong reading comprehension skills. Students will seek to explain why events happened in a book of their choosing in this cause and effect activity.

Help your beginning reader identify words with a silent ending in this colorful worksheet! 

Practice making story comparisons and inferences with the help of this useful organizer.

Let your creative juices flow in this crazy writing prompt worksheet!

Children use a watermelon graphic organizer to craft a personal narrative with this fun template!

This great brain teaser challenges your child to unscramble president names and a riddle. It's a fun Presidents Day worksheet featuring Mount Rushmore!

Learn all about the practice of personification in writing, then try it your hand at it by bringing life to some silly characters in this writing worksheet.

Your child can make her own storybook with this series of Japanese folktale coloring pages!

Read page 4 of the beloved tale "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, abridged for younger readers.

Find out what happens next with page 5 of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Complete this crossword puzzle with adjectives, and you'll end up with one descriptive hodgepodge of words!

Practice punctuation with a classic Aesop's fable! Your child will add in the missing quotation marks, all while building her reading skills.

Here's a Loki myth to satisfy fans of this sneaky god: Loki and the Builder, where he tries to outwit an equally sneaky human.

Practice using adjectives the silly way with this exercise. Make up a wacky story about your first day of school using adjectives that are all out of place!

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.