Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

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

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

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

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

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.

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.

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

Children will learn about the fascinating history of the automobile in America, dating all the way back to the 1700s.

Batter up! It's time to get a hands-on history lesson in this fun printable activity that flexes your fourth-grader's memory and comprehension muscles

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

Children learn about the history and legacy of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black towns formed after the passage of the 13th Amendment.

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

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

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

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

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

Help students master summarizing using keywords with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

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

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

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

As your students hunt for various text features, they’ll learn that these features provide important information about the text they’re reading!

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony and important settlers with this social studies worksheet.

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.