Beginning readers will love this short story by Rudyard Kipling, all about how the animals were first domesticated.

Help inspire your little writer with a fun prompt! They'll use their favorite song as fuel for beginning poetry analysis.

Use this resource to teach your students how to use signal words as they explain the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional story.

Give your beginning reader a fun way to practice reading comprehension with a classic story: "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin," by Rudyard Kipling.

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.

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.

Explore alliteration in poetry by sniffing out repeated sounds in a favorite springtime poem: Casey at the Bat.

After reading a fable or folktale, students will use this cute graphic organizer to record the most important things that happened in the beginning, middle, and end. Then they'll try their hand at identifying the moral of the story.

Explore the sounds and patterns of poetry with this second- and third-grade reading activity!

Enjoy Rudyard Kipling's story "The Beginnings of the Armadillos", where your little one will answer questions and enjoy some coloring pages!

Read this version of The Wild Hunt with your little boy or ghoul this Halloween, then answer the comprehension questions at the end.

With this storyboard, students will draw and write about events in a chronological order.

Then what happened? In this activity, students will choose stop and jot sticky notes from different parts of the story to practice their sequencing and summarizing skills as they respond to questions about the literature.

Get your third grader familiar with basic poetry vocabulary in this diagram worksheet

Imagine racing along the shoreline with the wind in this second- and third-grade poetry comprehension worksheet!

For those who prefer their fairy tales cheery all the way, here's an alternate ending to Rapunzel that's sure to please. Compare and contrast the two endings!

Here is the ending to the Grimm brothers' version of Rapunzel, adapted for kids! Compare and contrast this ending with the sunnier alternate conclusion.

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

Read this passage about a rainy spring break to boost your character analysis skills!