Use this resource with your students to practice not only identifying the problem and solution in a text, but also the character’s attempts at solving the problem.

Use this resource to help your students identify and explain the problem in a passage using past tense verbs.

Use an open-ended graphic organizer to help your students identify the problem and solution in three stories.

Use this resource to organize the different ways a character tries to solve a problem in a fiction text.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What Was the Problem?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Problem and Solution Practice.

In this fiction comprehension exercise, your students will use transition words to help them write about the problem and solution in three short stories.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What Was the Problem?

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Learners will practice identifying the problem and solution in texts in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learners will practice identifying the problem and solution in texts in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Problem and Solution Practice.

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

Kids can demonstrate their understanding of what they are reading with this printable bookmark.

Kids will read a classic Japanese folktale and then answer questions about the the problem, solution, and ending in this fun reading comprehension activity.

This graphic organizer guides readers to complete a story map of their reading by having them record the characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Use this resource with your students as they identify the different ways a character tries to solve a problem.

Use this awesome story mountain template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. Students will use this activity to organize their thoughts about the beginning, problem, climax, solution, and ending of a story.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problems and Solutions in Fiction.

Use this organizer to draw comparisons between problems and solutions in fiction texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Problems and Solutions in Fiction.