Discover why an odd-looking tree is known as Africa’s "tree of life" with this reading comprehension worksheet.

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.

Children will use six question words — who, what, when, where, why, and how — to identify the problem and solution in a short passage.

Help your child read this page about the Sumatran rhinoceros, where they can color an illustration as they learn about why this animal is endangered.

Feast your eyes on this "F" letter puzzle! Show your kindergartener why F stands for fun with this simple, colorful jigsaw puzzle.

Help your child learn the "Wh words," who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.

Easter decorations are full of pastels, pinks and yellows! But why do those colors represent Easter? Help your child write a response to this question.

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

This book boosts reading and phonics skills and helps your young reader learn a few of the big question words: what, where, will, want, and why.

Explore more complicated sentences as you add details about where, when, why, and how!

This is a forest without trees! Teach your child about the Petrified Forest with this worksheet, and talk about why we protect this colorful piece of land.

Why is this dinosaur holding an egg? Help your second grader get creative with his reading and writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

Who's that coming down the path? Why, it must be the Easter bunny! Give your first grader a fun way to practice her basic addition.

Lots of people settled in California during the Gold Rush, but these two guys can't settle a dispute. Why don't you step in and decide who is right?

Get your students to ask, “Why did that happen?” Support them as they make connections between key ideas in a nonfiction text about thunderstorms.

Learn all about the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, and find out why Egyptians built it hundreds of years ago.

Children learn about the traditional Chinese Zodiac calendar — then get creative and design a calendar of their own, including a brief description of why they chose each animal.

Get to know one of the most unique and colorful monkeys, the red-shanked douc langur. Read about why they are an endangered species with this info-sheet.

Read about why kangaroos hop on two legs, in Rudyard Kipling's "The Sing Song of Old Kangaroo." Your kid will answer reading questions and color illustrations.

Students explore the various resources and advantages available to the North and South during the Civil War and examine why neither side had a clear path to victory.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

Have fun or learn? Why choose one when you can have both! Kindergarten and first-grade students will enjoy completing this maze worksheet on beginning letter sounds!

Kindergarten students have lots of opinions! Help them focus their thinking as they share which kind of dessert they would choose and why.

After your students finish reading this story about Leo and how he overcomes his soccer injury, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about the text.

Help your students become more comfortable with using metric units by providing them with an opportunity to think deeply about what unit of length they should use in different situations and why!

Summarizing a whole book can be daunting, so why not start with just one page? Help students to retell information they’ve read in nonfiction books by choosing one page to summarize.

Understanding the relationship of cause and effect is a cornerstone of strong reading comprehension skills. Students will seek to explain why events happened in a book of their choosing in this cause and effect activity.

Nonfiction books are jam-packed with information, which is why it’s important to read them more than once! This worksheet encourages students to reread nonfiction, summarizing what they learned with pictures and words.

Your third graders will read a story about Donny and his family as they attempt to get to their family reunion. After they finish reading, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions.

Read this classic story by Rudyard Kipling with your students for basic reading comprehension practice. As they answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions, your students will prove that they understand what they read!