Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

Reading has so many benefits for kids, such as improving vocabulary and language skills and helping to develop imagination and concentration. Reading logs are a great way for you and your students to keep track of their reading throughout the week!

One of the first questions young readers should ask is, "Who is telling this story?" Here students will practice spotting different points of view by identifying which point of view sentences are written from and then writing sentences of their own.

In Aesop's classic fable, a tortoise and a hare race — but the winner may surprise you!

Help your child read deeper into a story by having him practice making inferences about what happened.

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

Children are introduced to the life and accomplishments of aeronautics pioneer Amelia Earhart in this fascinating worksheet.

With this Have Fun Reading Choice Board, budding bookworms can choose from a variety of engaging reading-based activities, from reading in a cozy blanket fort to drawing or acting out their favorite part of a story.

Use this fun and interesting worksheets about maps to help your students use sentence level context clues, examples, and logic to decode text and become more fluent in reading informational text.

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

Use this civics and government worksheet to help second and third graders learn about elections!

This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

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

Practice those reading skills with the story of "The Three Little Pigs"! This classic tale provides a great starter for reading comprehension.

Help your kindergarten students practice good reading habits by using this handy reading checklist.