In this language arts worksheet, students read an illustrated storybook called The Greedy Fox.This 7 page booklet has illustrations for almost every word. A left pointing arrow above certain verbs indicates past tense. Students read and...

Explore the elements of a story with this two-page graphic organizer. Readers write and draw descriptions of each element, including setting, plot, conflict, rising action, climax, dialogue, and narration.

Ensure that your kids don't even consider saying "Not me!" when it comes time to read by engaging them in this set of lesson plans based around "The Little Red Hen." The class reads the story together before starting in on additional...

A great addition to a multicultural unit or curriculum study, use the set of questions based on Pam Muñoz Ryan's Mice and Beans to engage learners and enhance their reading experience. As youngsters read, they...

In this story endings worksheet, learners read six 2-sentence illustrated stories. Students decide if the ending seems logical and write "yes" or "no" under each story.

Boris is the smartest baby around! Beginning readers can use this short story excerpt to practice reading comprehension and fiction elements. They read the story and then discuss what they think he will do next. Scholars create an...

Perhaps one of the most famous and illustrative stories featuring irony, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry provides many opportunities for learners to make inferences about its characters. After reading a short introductory passage from...

Enrich a primary grade unit on fairy tales with this printable version of the classic story "The Princess and the Pea." With a simple story structure and a blend of short and long sentences, this is a great resource for developing the...

Young writers learn to write a good name for a story that tells the big idea. They read a one-sentence illustrated story and from two choices, write a title in capital letters. Nice worksheet!

In this tone and feeling instructional activity, students discover that a story can show feeling. Students read 6 two sentence illustrated stories and from 2 choices, write the feeling for the story.

In this story worksheet, students read about different story elements such as setting, characters, plot, and theme. Each element is illustrator by a cartoon.

What do you see? Wish a happy birthday to Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The lesson includes six extension activities for the books and its companion stories, including a maze and...

The class solves two basic word problems that requires addition or subtraction. They are encouraged to draw a picture that illustrates each problem.

Though this book report form is labeled Siddhartha, the multiple-page format would work for any novel you are reading in class. Complete with a reading schedule, a summary page, a list of generic literature response questions, and a list...

In this sequencing learning exercise, students answer multiple choice questions about the sequence of events in 2 stories they read. Students complete 10 questions total.

For this language arts learning exercise, learners write a story using an illustrated word bank with nouns, adjectives, and verbs.

Peter Bunzi takes readers to the Victorian era with two stories, Coghaert and Moonlocket. Accompany the literary time warp with a companion packet that offers a plethora of exercises. Learning...

In this language arts activity, learners write a story about their favorite day of the week. There is an illustrated word bank. Students chose from nouns, verbs, and conjunctions.

In this literacy instructional activity, students create a story using the words given in the word bank. They are to create an illustration also.

Accompany the story, Town Mouse Country Mouse by Jan Brett with an assortment of activities designed to reinforce concepts covering story structure, comprehension, grammar, and social studies. Here, scholars identify the difference...

Adding details and figurative language makes any story more fun to read! After reading two versions of the same story, one devoid of figurative language and one embellished, young writers are asked to add alliteration, hyperbole,...

What if the Gingerbread Man was trying to catch you, rather than the other way around? Pupils can find out what happens by reading the story The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray and enrich their experience with the...

Here's a fresh take on a writing prompt. After a reading of Dr. Seuss's If I Ran the Zoo, primary graders imagine a creature for Dr. Seuss's zoo, write a description of their animal, give it a name, explain what it eats, how it...

Kindergarten counters will be delighted to doddle with the ducks pictured on a two-page illustrated worksheet. The six story problems and two equations ask learners to add and subtract as the ducklings dabble in the pond.  An answer...