5th - 8th Grade Fiction Problem and Solution Resources

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

In this fiction comprehension exercise, your students will use transition words to help them write about the problem and solution in three short stories.

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Use this organizer to draw comparisons between problems and solutions in fiction texts.

Students make sense of literary elements like protagonists and challenges while drawing comparisons between fiction texts.

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

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