Children to identify the theme of a story from the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of Indian animal fables.

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

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

Inspire your reluctant reader with this comprehension page, featuring a passage from a classic novel, Black Beauty.

Use this resource to help your students track information as they compare and contrast the story elements from two fiction texts

Analyze different points of views and perspectives in a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

Use this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women to help your middle schooler analyze plot development!

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

Analyze the impact an author’s words can have on the meaning and tone of a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

Kids hunt for clues about a character's traits with this worksheet.

Improve your child's reading comprehension, and introduce them to a classic children's story, with this worksheet on The Story of a Stuffed Elephant.

Here's a chapter summary guide where your child can jot down the characters in a chapter, his favorite character and even predict what will happen next.

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.

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

Expand your reader’s knowledge of world folklore with this unique and engaging reading comprehension worksheet! 

Use this resource to help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

Help your fourth graders organize the structure of their literary essays with this graphic organizer.

Your third graders will love reading this story about Mike, his friends, the kickball game, and the runaway ball! Use this resource with your students as they answer basic comprehension questions about a fiction text.

It's important for students to understand how characters and the storyline are interconnected. Help your students break down individual character responses to major story events with this graphic organizer.

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper!

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

Characters often change over the course of a story, and this worksheet will help young readers track and understand their development. Students can use this graphic organizer to consider various elements of a character's development throughout a story.

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

A key component of reading comprehension is being able to draw conclusions—or make inferences—about what we read. Use this resource to give your students extra practice making their own inferences based on simple sentences.

Use this resource with your students to practice determining who is telling the story. Your students will also practice distinguishing their own point of view from that of the narrator or characters.

This reading resource gives your students practice using text clues and background knowledge to make inferences about characters.

This rubric can be used with any lesson where students are learning or practicing fluency.

Give your star reader a great way to get their thoughts organized. This star graphic organizer will help them practice basic reading comprehension.