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

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.

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.

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

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

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

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

How is a train like a bird? Find out in this sixth-grade informational reading comprehension worksheet all about biomimicry!

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

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

Dig deep into the geography of Chile while practicing important informational reading comprehension skills with this middle school worksheet!

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

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

In this seventh-grade ELA worksheet, students read a fascinating informational text about the history of kites and answer comprehension questions covering a variety of reading skills. 

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

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.

Kids put their reading comprehension skills to work as they write out the main idea and come up with their own concluding sentence for this paragraph.

Students will read passages and compare the traits of two characters.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

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

Have your students practice finding the cause and effect relationships between two sentences.

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

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

This worksheet helps your child focus on prediction and comprehension in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Kids will read the classic fable and answer written prompts.

Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.

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

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!