Read this chapter from the classic book Pinocchio, and identify the verbs and verb clauses the author uses to create action and set the scene.

Guide your students through the process of looking for text evidence and making inferences about the setting in this excerpt from The Secret Garden.

Use this resource to teach your students about the six most common words used to start questions.

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

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

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.

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.

Children will use this sandwich-format diagram to write their prediction, evidence, and reasoning.

How do events change characters in the story, or the story itself? Use this worksheet to review the concept of cause and effect.

Get your students thinking about themes as they compare and contrast two different picture books of their choice.

Main characters would be lost without their supporting characters! Use this reading comprehension worksheet to compare and contrast characters from classic novels using a graphic organizer and paragraph excerpts.

Find out more about the role of rhythm in poetry with this worksheet that uses "Casey at the Bat" for practice.

If you're looking for an exciting genre, then mystery might just be the one for you!

Kids compare and contrast two famous fairy tales with a Venn diagram in this worksheet.

Learn all about the biography genre, including autobiography and journalism, and read some classic excerpts from its famous authors.

Use this graphic organizer to list comparisons between two nouns.

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

Use the exercises on this sheet to teach and practice the skill of making predictions.

There are many endangered species all around the world. Read about the Amur leopard and why it's endangered with this information page.

Children practice comparing and contrasting characters in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this worksheet to show how to compare characters’ thoughts and actions.

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they distinguish their own viewpoint from those of characters in a fiction text.