The silent film era featured creative storytelling techniques like miming and slapstick. Read and write about silent film era classics like Charlie Chaplin.

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

Learn about school uniforms around the world as students are going back to school!

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

What if Peter Pan and Alice of "Alice in Wonderland" met? Your child gets to decide what happens next and write a story based on this fun coloring page scene!

Use this stop and jot reflection activity to assess reading comprehension. Your students will choose their favorite response to their reading and explain their choice.

Students will look over a sample reading response letter and identify important elements in the text.

Children are invited to come up with a new ending to a book they have read in this inventive fan fiction worksheet template.

Help your students prepare to write about their favorite book with this opinion writing organizer. This handy worksheet breaks down opinion writing into easy-to-follow steps that will have your kids writing persuasive essays with ease in no time.

In this writing assessment, see how well your students draw connections between texts and the real world.

Children are invited to create their own works of fan fiction with this inventive worksheet template.

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Help your young reader hone his critical thinking skills with this worksheet that challenges him to write his own book review.

What would happen if Peter Pan invited Robin Hood to Neverland? A fun coloring page scene starts your young writer out!

This worksheet will have your child read a brief passage, and then decide on his favorite part.

Use this activity to teach students the structure and content of a reading response letter.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Conclude a Story.

What if Peter Rabbit met the White Rabbit in Wonderland? Writing practice starts with a fun coloring page, what happens next is up to your child to write!

Historic novels are rich sources of reading practice and this graphic organizer is a nod to prairie classics like those written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

After students have learned about reading response letters they can use this checklist to polish their own letter.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Connections with Our Feelings.

In first grade, kids will begin to reflect on and write about what they are reading. This worksheet will help them to practice.

What if Paul Bunyan stepped into the "Jack and the Beanstalk" story? Make writing practice creative and fun for your child with a coloring page story starter.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Connections with Our Feelings.