Free Resources for Parents and Educators to Support Readers
Our hearts go out to all those who have been impacted by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) across our school communities. To support differentiation during remote instruction, we are offering free sets of resources for educators and parents. Our printable skill-building packages help develop reading comprehension in essential comprehension skills. We encourage you to email, download, and/or print these resources for your own use or share them with others.

Comprehension Skill-Building Packages Include:
- Skill Practice Worksheets: Worksheets explain the specific comprehension skill and give examples using real texts. Students have the opportunity to apply the lessons they learned with additional text examples and comprehension questions to further their understanding of the skill.
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts: Writing prompts extend student skill-building offline using any texts students have read, whether in Reading Plus, a novel, or a news article.
- Graphic Organizers: Graphic organizers help students share and process their ideas visually. Choose from skill-based graphic organizers for comparing and contrasting, plot outlining, character analysis, and more.
Resources Grouped by Comprehension Standard:
Click on each standard below to view and download comprehension skill-building resources.
1: Close Reading
Identifying Explicit Details
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete Instructional Packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
- Complete Instructional Packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete Instructional Packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
2: Main Idea and Themes
Determining Main Idea
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete Instructional Packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 4
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
- Complete Instructional Packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Summarizing
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete Instructional Packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
3: Interaction of Ideas
Predicting Outcomes
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete Instructional Packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
- Complete Instructional Packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Analyzing Setting, Plot, and Character
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete Instructional Packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
- Complete Instructional Packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Analyzing Cause and Effect
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete Instructional Packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
4: Use of Language
Interpreting Word Meaning
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 4
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts, Figurative Language
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts, Definitions
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 4
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts, Figurative Language
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts, Definitions
- Graphic Organizer
Interpreting Analogies
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Visualizing
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
5: Structure
Examining Text Structure
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Examining Sequence of Events
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Examining Genre
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
6: Point of View
Recognizing Author's Purpose
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 4
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Recognizing Persuasive Devices
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Recognizing Mood and Tone
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
7: Imaging Scaffolds
Interpreting Images
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
8: Reasoning and Rhetoric
Judging Validity
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Reasoning
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
9: Comparative Reading
Comparing, Contrasting, and Integrating
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 3
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Classifying
Basic (for students reading between a 2nd and 5th grade level)
- Complete instructional packet
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 1
- Skill Practice Worksheet, Lesson 2
- Skill-Based Writing Prompts
- Graphic Organizer
Intermediate (for students reading at a 6th grade level or higher)
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