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.

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

In this worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Help your child learn the "Wh words," who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

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

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

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

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template.

Dive into the fascinating world of seahorses in this watery worksheet! 

This comprehensive exercise will introduce your students to twelve elements of poetry and six types of poems.

In this worksheet, children read Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Snowdrop, reimagined here as a drama.

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Bring it back to the basics with this reading comprehension exercise about Mindy, her birthday party, and her cake.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

Get familiar with some types of poetry in this worksheet that covers different poetry structures.

Children will discover more about the culinary history of early Americans as they practice practice identifying the main idea and supporting details.

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

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

Dive into the sea life of Monterey, California, with this third-grade reading comprehension 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.

Get your students to ask, “Why did that happen?” Support them as they make connections between key ideas in a nonfiction text about thunderstorms.