This passage will challenge your 3rd graders to think deeper into the text to strengthen their comprehension skills.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.

When paired with two types of nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between the text features of printed text and electronic text.

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

Meet the red wolf, an endangered species of animal that was once very common, but in the past 50 year nearly became extinct!

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

This reading comprehension worksheet features Kipling's "The Elephant's Child," an origin story that offers a whimsical explanation for the elephant's long trunk.

Students will read passages and compare the traits of two characters.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Use this resource for fluency practice.

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

This worksheet helps your child focus on prediction and comprehension in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Kids will read the classic fable and answer written prompts.

Read this charmingly illustrated story of "The Three Little Pigs" then use the finger puppets to retell it!

Bring it back to the basics with this reading comprehension exercise about Mindy, her birthday party, and her cake.

Oh no, Jack's beanstalk story is all jumbled up! Cut out the pictures and fix the story sequence to help Jack get his story straight!

This excerpt has exactly 100 words and is great reading practice for your little quaterbacks!

Students will practice using pronouns to help them understand point of view.

Read the story of the magical soup pot, then answer two reading comprehension questions.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Give your students practice with Reader’s Theater in the wonderful genre of drama. They will read and practice fluency, as well as comprehension.

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.

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

Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

Learn about the USA's three branches of government and where each one works.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.

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

Readers will delight in this first (worst) day of school story, and practice cause and effect with this funny worksheet.