Use this resource with your students to practice not only identifying the problem and solution in a text, but also the character’s attempts at solving the problem.

Use this resource to help your students identify and explain the problem in a passage using past tense verbs.

Use an open-ended graphic organizer to help your students identify the problem and solution in three stories.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What Was the Problem?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What Was the Problem?

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Learners will practice identifying the problem and solution in texts in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learners will practice identifying the problem and solution in texts in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children will use six question words — who, what, when, where, why, and how — to identify the problem and solution in a short passage.

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.

Kids can demonstrate their understanding of what they are reading with this printable bookmark.

Use this reading comprehension passage with your students to practice determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Build third and fourth graders’ reading fluency with this short story!

Read a piece of seasonal poetry in this worksheet for third and fourth graders!

Celebrate the holiday season with this two-page third and fourth grade poetry worksheet!

Read the table of the Sun and the Wind in this resource for third and fourth graders!

Read about a pancake on the run in this third- and fourth-grade Reader’s Theater resource!

Follow two determined racers on an unforgettable journey with this third- and fourth-grade poetry worksheet!

Explore a classic poem filled with imagination and wordplay with this third- and fourth-grade reading worksheet!

Use this graphic organizer to help your students identify the four elements of a fictional story: characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Take a flight south with this two-page third and fourth grade reader’s theater worksheet!

This graphic organizer guides readers to complete a story map of their reading by having them record the characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Use this resource with your students as they identify the different ways a character tries to solve a problem.

Put a playful spin on a classic fairy tale with this three-page third and fourth grade reader’s theater worksheet!

In Timeline of Sonia Sotomayor's Life (So Far), third and fourth graders reference a timeline of Sotomayor's life to answer questions about her life.

Use this awesome story mountain template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. Students will use this activity to organize their thoughts about the beginning, problem, climax, solution, and ending of a story.

Read page 10 of The Nightingale, by Hans Christian Andersen, and find out what will happen to the Emperor!

Head up to the frigid north in this chilly nonfiction worksheet!