This worksheet teaches first graders to be literature sleuths by identifying which of the sample texts are fiction and which are nonfiction.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Help your students think deeply about literature with these helpful conversation starters.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

Explore characters in literature by getting inside of the most famous Alice in Wonderland character's head: Alice herself.

Familiarize your child with Peter Pan, one of the most enduring characters of children's literature, with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

This is the beginning of a story by The Brothers Grimm. Get together with your child to enjoy some classic literature with these beautiful story pages.

Use this reading strategy to help your students along in their reading comprehension skills. Students will respond to literature with Stop & Jots, with or without sticky notes.

The Tain, formally known as Tain Bo Cuailnge, is an epic from early Irish literature. Read The Tain for kids in this worksheet, and learn about its characters.

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.

This Frankenstein worksheet is great for teaching kids about classic literature near Halloween. Use this Frankenstein worksheet with your child this October.

Use this resource with your students to practice relating to the text by making connections. Your students will practice making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections as they read literature or informational text.

Guide your students through the process of looking for text evidence and making inferences about the setting in this excerpt from The Secret Garden.

Children learn about writer and poet Langston Hughes in this Historical Heroes: Langston Hughes worksheet.

These bookmarks will provide thinking frames for your students as they read, encouraging deeper thinking and strengthening comprehension.

These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.

Inspire your reluctant reader with this comprehension page, featuring a passage from a classic novel, Black Beauty.

Explore the major themes of your reading assignment by making a book poster. Don't forget the tagline!

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.

Give your star reader a great way to get their thoughts organized. This star graphic organizer will help them practice basic reading comprehension.

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

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.

Bears, camels, wombats, and more! Draw a picture of your favorite animal from this poem.

Students will read an excerpt from The Hound of the Baskervilles to discover the great mystery of Baskerville Hall, answering “Stop and Think” fiction comprehension questions throughout the text.

Read, reflect, and uncover the lesson behind the story with this fourth- and fifth-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

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.