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

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

In this worksheet, children read a classic fable about a man and his son who get too much advice!

Good readers decode words as they read, giving them an ability to read fluently. Use this resource with your students to practice decoding by focusing on the beginning and end sounds in a word.

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

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

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.

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

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

Your young historian can step back in time and read about an important battle that helped to end the American Revolution.

Use this high-interest text with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view. Students will determine the author’s viewpoint on the subject of the Titanic as they establish their own points of view.

Have your third grader practice their reading fluency with this passage about Autumn.

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

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.

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

A famous "tea party" took place on December 16, 1773, and it was not one that had tea cups and sweet treats. Use this worksheet on the Boston Tea Party to have your students practice relationship between a series of events.

Tuck this chapter summary chart into reading workshop folders to help students keep track of longer chapter books. When they finish the book, have them look back at this to create a whole-book summary!

Go on a camping adventure as you dive into this reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Searching for a worksheet to help with your kid's reading skills? This printable uses a classic Aesop Fable.

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.

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

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

Help your student with reading comprehension, and enjoy a favorite short story by Rudyard Kipling, about a King, a Queen and two quarreling butterflies.

Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.  

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.