As students practice reading independently, they’ll run into tricky words. Help them learn how to identify which books are “just right” for their reading level by recording how many tricky words they run into.

Venn diagrams aren't just a math tool; they make great charts for reading comprehension too!

Practice identifying text features with your kindergarten students using this handy text feature hunt worksheet.

Nonfiction books have a variety of text features. But they could sometimes use more! In this activity, students analyze the existing text features in a book and create a new feature to add.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Parts of a Book.

Engage students in reading before they even start! Students prepare for reading a nonfiction text by looking at the pictures in the book and answering a series of questions that get them thinking about what they already know about the topic.

Kindergarten students are becoming more fluent readers each day! Use this decodable story filled with sight words to help them with their reading comprehension and fluency as they read a fun summer story!

A rebus story is told using pictures and drawings instead of words.

Flip through a story flipbook with your child, a great way to teach about beginning, middle and end.

Boost your kindergartener's reading confidence with this cute seesaw story book that she can color and assemble herself.

In this classic fable by Aesop, the tortoise learns an important lesson when he catches a ride into the sky with a duck. Exposing kids to classic texts like "The Tortoise and the Duck" is a great way to give them important reading practice.

Did you know the basking shark is the second largest living fish? Give your first grader a fun and informational coloring page, all about the Basking Shark!

Do you know why hammerhead sharks have such a funny-shaped head? Here's a fun and informational shark coloring page for you and your child to share!

Children contemplate an age-old question as they spot the uppercase and lowercase C's in this fun literacy worksheet.

This worksheet prompts students to identify and find different text features to build their reading comprehension skills.

This worksheet teaches first graders to be literature sleuths by identifying which of the sample texts are fiction and which are nonfiction.

Learning about text features, such as Table of Contents, is an important part of learning how to read.

Learners dive into a familiar tongue twister to count the S's in this letter recognition worksheet.

This worksheet teaches students to locate key ideas, provide evidence, and make connections in nonfiction texts.

Bring books to life by having students create their very own character puppets! When they're finished, students can use the puppets to act out their favorite scenes.

Familiarity with different types of texts is an important part of the first grade reading curriculum. In this worksheet, kids read Christina Rossetti's famous poem, "Caterpillar" and then answer questions about what they read.

This worksheet helps introduce students to detail reading through a nursery rhyme.

Read the poem, then use the template to create puppets for a puppet show.

As students read independently, they’ll run into words they have trouble decoding. Have your kids cut out these fun “tricky word” bookmarks to help them to recognize and record these words so that they can practice decoding them!

Use this handy bookmark to help your students practice good reading habits while keeping track of what they read.

After reading the poem, draw a picture of the two main characters.

This set of picture cards can help students to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details.

Draw a picture of the beginning, middle, and end of this well-loved poem.

How many Q's can your child spot in the Five Little Ducks poem? Kids find and count each letter Q in the rhyme on this kindergarten reading worksheet.

As students become independent readers, they may have questions about what they read. Instead of taking the questions as they come up, encourage students to write them down using this handy worksheet.