Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

Support students’ inference skills with this targeted two-page reading worksheet. 

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Explore the sights and sounds of the prairie with this fourth- and fifth-grade reading-comprehension activity!

Read, reflect, and uncover the lesson behind the story with this fourth- and fifth-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Trace the steps behind a natural phenomenon with this third- through fifth-grade cause-and-effect reading worksheet!

Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

Empress Wu Zetian ruled China when the western world was in the Dark Ages. This 2nd grade worksheet that balances history with reading comprehension skills.

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

Children will practice active reading with this engaging template.

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.

Practice comparing texts that share a distinctive feature within a genre.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

Learn more about Julia Morgan, the woman who designed her way into California history, and also practice reading informational paragraphs.

Students will practice using pronouns to support their understanding of point of view.

Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

After reading a short story, your students will practice writing a simple summary.

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

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

EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

Learn a fun reading strategy and practice writing fiction summaries using a classic text.

Making inferences using visual clues takes practice! Use this worksheet to help analyze visual elements.

Use this exercise to give your students practice using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Read a famous narrative poem, "Casey at the Bat," and practice reading comprehension skills at the same time in this printable mini-book worksheet.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.