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.

Good readers decode words as they read, giving them an ability to read fluently. Use this resource with your students to practice decoding by focusing on the beginning and end sounds in a word.

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.

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

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

This excerpt has exactly 100 words and is great reading practice for your little quaterbacks!

In this Reader's Theater worksheet, students read a script, then answer the reading comprehension questions that follow.

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

This graphic organizer guides readers to complete a story map of their reading by having them record the characters, setting, problem, and solution.

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

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Use this civics and government worksheet to help second and third graders learn about elections!

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

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Children learn about the Moon, then practice finding and writing the main idea, in this literacy worksheet.

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.

Study the map of terrestrial biomes, then use it to answer questions.

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.