Name tracing worksheet
Type a name to repeat it in pale letters between writing guides.
Reading comprehension worksheets
Six short stories written for this site, from a lost mitten for grades 1 and 2 to a grandfather’s map for grades 3 and 4, and fifty-one short fact passages on space, the Earth and its weather, animals and plants, and American places and history. Each prints on one page with four questions and lines to answer on, and the answers on a second page: two to find in the text, one about what happened and why, and one to think about.
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The Lost Mitten · LetterThe Lost Mitten · A4Sam’s Bean Plant · LetterSam’s Bean Plant · A4Maya’s Library Card · LetterMaya’s Library Card · A4A Rainy Saturday · LetterA Rainy Saturday · A4The Class Plant Sale · LetterThe Class Plant Sale · A4Grandpa’s Map · LetterGrandpa’s Map · A4Our Moon · LetterOur Moon · A4The Monarch’s Long Trip · LetterThe Monarch’s Long Trip · A4Why Leaves Change Color · LetterWhy Leaves Change Color · A4Our Star, the Sun · LetterOur Star, the Sun · A4Why We Have Seasons · LetterWhy We Have Seasons · A4The Bald Eagle Comes Back · LetterThe Bald Eagle Comes Back · A4Mars, the Red Planet · LetterMars, the Red Planet · A4Water on the Move · LetterWater on the Move · A4What Is a Volcano? · LetterWhat Is a Volcano? · A4How a Hurricane Grows · LetterHow a Hurricane Grows · A4Jupiter, the Giant Planet · LetterJupiter, the Giant Planet · A4What Makes an Earthquake? · LetterWhat Makes an Earthquake? · A4Saturn and Its Rings · LetterSaturn and Its Rings · A4Why Is the Sky Blue? · LetterWhy Is the Sky Blue? · A4Mercury, the Smallest Planet · LetterMercury, the Smallest Planet · A4What Is a Comet? · LetterWhat Is a Comet? · A4Venus, the Hottest Planet · LetterVenus, the Hottest Planet · A4The Statue of Liberty · LetterThe Statue of Liberty · A4The Bison of Yellowstone · LetterThe Bison of Yellowstone · A4The Liberty Bell · LetterThe Liberty Bell · A4How the Grand Canyon Was Made · LetterHow the Grand Canyon Was Made · A4What Is a Coral? · LetterWhat Is a Coral? · A4The First Airplane Flight · LetterThe First Airplane Flight · A4What Is Lightning? · LetterWhat Is Lightning? · A4The Leatherback Sea Turtle · LetterThe Leatherback Sea Turtle · A4Carving Mount Rushmore · LetterCarving Mount Rushmore · A4The Northern Leopard Frog · LetterThe Northern Leopard Frog · A4How a Seed Starts to Grow · LetterHow a Seed Starts to Grow · A4From Egg to Chick · LetterFrom Egg to Chick · A4Ladybugs · LetterLadybugs · A4How a Pumpkin Grows · LetterHow a Pumpkin Grows · A4How Apples Grow · LetterHow Apples Grow · A4Wild Turkeys · LetterWild Turkeys · A4Honey Bees · LetterHoney Bees · A4Garden Spiders · LetterGarden Spiders · A4Inside the Earth · LetterInside the Earth · A4The Volcano That Grew on a Farm · LetterThe Volcano That Grew on a Farm · A4How Pollen Gets Around · LetterHow Pollen Gets Around · A4Your Living Bones · LetterYour Living Bones · A4Sea Otters and the Kelp Forest · LetterSea Otters and the Kelp Forest · A4The Atlantic Herring · LetterThe Atlantic Herring · A4What Is a Cell? · LetterWhat Is a Cell? · A4Three Kinds of Rock · LetterThree Kinds of Rock · A4Six Simple Machines · LetterSix Simple Machines · A4Three Branches of Government · LetterThree Branches of Government · A4Four Forces of Flight · LetterFour Forces of Flight · A4States and Their Counties · LetterStates and Their Counties · A4The Bill of Rights · LetterThe Bill of Rights · A4Solid, Liquid and Gas · LetterSolid, Liquid and Gas · A4Clouds and the Weather · LetterClouds and the Weather · A4What a Plant Needs · LetterWhat a Plant Needs · A4
Which story to choose
The Lost Mitten and Sam’s Bean Plant are short, with everyday words, and usually suit grades 1 and 2. Maya’s Library Card and A Rainy Saturday are longer and usually suit grades 2 and 3. The Class Plant Sale and Grandpa’s Map have more to keep track of, numbers in the first, and usually suit grades 3 and 4. The fact passages teach something as well: the ones on clouds and the weather and on what a plant needs, short and in everyday words, usually suit grades 1 and 2; those on the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the water cycle, the bison of Yellowstone, the leopard frog, how a seed starts to grow, how a chick grows in its egg, ladybugs, how a pumpkin grows, how apples grow, wild turkeys, honey bees and garden spiders usually suit grades 2 and 3; those on Venus, the monarch’s trip, autumn leaves, the seasons, the blue sky, comets, lightning, the bald eagle, the leatherback turtle, volcanoes, the volcano that grew on a farm, how pollen gets around, your living bones, what a cell is, sea otters and the kelp forest, the Atlantic herring, earthquakes, hurricanes, the Grand Canyon, the inside of the Earth, solids, liquids and gases, the three kinds of rock, the six simple machines, corals, the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, the three branches of government, the Bill of Rights, the first airplane flight, the four forces of flight, the counties of the states and Mount Rushmore grades 3 and 4. Every fact in them comes from NASA, NOAA, the National Weather Service, the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Cancer Institute, the U.S. National Library of Medicine, USAGov, the National Archives, SUNY’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry, the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Missouri Department of Conservation, Poultry Extension, or the Extension services of Ohio State, NC State and the Universities of Maryland, Illinois, Minnesota and Florida, listed on the sources page. Choose by how the child reads, not by grade.
How to use them
Read the story or passage once for fun, aloud or alone, then read it again with the questions in mind. The first two questions are answered in the text itself; the third asks what happened or why; the last has no single right answer, so the key gives a sample. Ask the child to point to the sentence that helped.
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