Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.

Strengthen your students' reading comprehension skills with the fable, The Serpent and the Eagle.

Children are introduced to the life and accomplishments of aeronautics pioneer Amelia Earhart in this fascinating worksheet.

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

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

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony with this social studies worksheet!

In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.

Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

Animal lovers, get acquainted with a very unique species, the okapi! Read this info-sheet to learn about why this animal is endangered.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

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

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

Use this half-sheet graphic reading log to help students write simple summaries.

Beginning readers will love this short story by Rudyard Kipling, all about how the animals were first domesticated.

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this 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.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

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.

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

Children keep track of their weekday reading with this useful two-page template.