Use this resource to practice close reading in a fictional text. Your students will look at the adjectives, adverbs, and verbs that give more details about the important story elements.

Nobody can catch Rebound because he bounces like a spring! How did he come to gain this odd super power? Figure it out and write a story about him.

Step aboard for a trip down the Nile on an Egyptian river boat! Add bright colors to this river scene and make up a story about traveling down the famous river.

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.

A strong hook will capture a reader's attention and make them want to know more! In this activity, students will identify four different ways to hook a reader into a story.

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.

Drawings are fun to incorporate into writing and can add a lot to a story. In this worksheet, young writers learn the importance of labeling the illustrations they include in their narratives.

Analyzing what a character says and does in a story can help determine their personality or character traits. This resource gives students practice in harnessing this important reading comprehension skill.

After completing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

Where is this rocket ship going? Where did it come from? Your child can create a story and get a step-up by using the word bank as a place to start!

These finger puppets represent the three stages of a man's life; can you help him tell his story? Just cut out the puppets, and you're ready to put on a show.

Fairy tales are a great way to engage your students in reading! Help them determine the central message of the classic story, The Tortoise and the Hare, with this fun reading comprehension worksheet.

Learners practice comparing two stories with similar characters and themes in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Understanding who is telling the story is an important skill for young readers. Use this resource with your students to practice distinguishing their own point of view from that of the narrator or characters.

Is this wolf wearing clothes? That doesn't seem very monstrous. Add color to this wild scene and make up a story about how he got his paws on a pair of pants.

Meet some famous short stories with our set of printable mini books.

Who let this cursed mummy out of his tomb? Color a fun and creepy picture with your child and be sure to come up with a funny story to go along with this scene.

After completing the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts! 

Then what happened? In this activity, students will choose stop and jot sticky notes from different parts of the story to practice their sequencing and summarizing skills as they respond to questions about the literature.

Adding dialogue to writing makes for more entertaining and relatable story-telling. In this activity, young writers will use a fun comic book format to add simple dialogue to their personal narratives.

After completing the novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

Noun phrases can give readers important information about the characters and settings of a story. This worksheet will help your students identify noun phrases that describe characters and settings in fictional texts.

First graders will gain exposure to the classic text by Charles Perrault, "The Sleeping Beauty", with this worksheet. After reading the story, kids are tasked with reading comprehension questions about what they read.

After finishing Walter Lord’s A Night to Remember, give readers a chance to act as a reporter in order to share the story with the public!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Fishy Subtraction Stories.

Being able to write a strong conclusion is an essential skill for all story-tellers. With this activity, budding writers will practice this skill by writing two types of endings for their personal narratives.

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

This worksheet provides students with the opportunity to work with groups and explore arrays. Students will create sentence frames and repeated addition equations based on pictures before writing their own creative story problems.

Challenge your high schooler to think about the sociocultural issues of Langston Hughes's poetry, with the soulful "Aunt Sue's Stories".

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, students give thought to the various settings in the story with this creative post-reading prompt!