Who is telling the story? Words like I, me, she, and he can help figure this out! Use this exercise with your students to practice determining who is telling the story.

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

Young readers practice close reading as they learn about black bears in this literacy worksheet.

Use these task cards with your students to practice reading short passages and making inferences about character, setting, and plot.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Learners practice comparing a variety of story elements, including characters, setting, and key events, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this resource to organize the different ways a character tries to solve a problem in a fiction text.

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

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.

Help your young readers develop this important reading comprehension skill with this handy template that will help them learn to paraphrase any piece of writing by answering a few open-ended questions.

Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this fall-themed Reader’s Theater script to give your students practice reading fluently. Then, challenge them with reading comprehension questions about the characters and events.

Readers practice describing fictional characters using their own words with this graphic organizer template.

This passage will challenge your 3rd graders to think deeper into the text to strengthen their comprehension skills.

Use this resource to closely read a nonfiction text, come up with questions, and use text evidence to find the answers.

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

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Use this resource to teach your students to identify cause and effect relationships in context by looking at the signal words.

Using this template, readers will use symbols and words to identify the ways a character's actions, thoughts, and words change from the beginning to the end of a story.

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

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

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Is Washington, D.C. a U.S. state or a city? Find out about our nation's capital with this fun, informative history worksheet.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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