Authors use sensory language to make their writing more descriptive. Have your students consider the words authors use to create specific moods in this fun pumpkin-themed worksheet!

Did you know that Queen Isabella of Spain paid for Columbus' expedition to the New World? Read more about this interesting woman in history.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

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

Although most people communicate through the internet these days, writing a letter is an important skill to know!

Before your child gets started writing research reports, help them learn that not all sources are created equal.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when using description.

Can your child tell fact from fiction? Boost reading comprehension with this story sheet featuring a famous tall tale character: Paul Bunyan!

Students will read an adaptation of the classic story "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen. Then they'll seek to determine the author’s purpose and explain their reasoning.

Teach kids that there is a time for play and a time for work with this lesson featuring Aesop's The Ants and the Grasshopper.

This worksheet helps students learn from pictures and captions in nonfiction texts while also answering comprehension questions.

Children learn about the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., including key players and events, and how it contributed to the eventual passing of the 19th Amendment.

This graphic organizer will encourage your students to put together all the pieces of a strong inference and help them practice reading comprehension skills.

Can you haiku? Put your syllable knowledge to good use and count the beats with these seasonal haiku poems.

Learn all about the interesting world of the whale while practicing fluency and reading comprehension skills using this helpful nonfiction reading worksheet.

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

Students will answer who, what, when, where, when, why, and how questions after reading a story by Rudyard Kipling.

This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

Practice identifying text features with your kindergarten students using this helpful and informative matching worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who, Where, What, When, Why, and How Questions.

Help students practice close reading with this character detective worksheet.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool sea turtle facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Have you ever wondered what keeps the moon in orbit? Newton's first law gets a quick introduction, too, in this worksheet for kids. Check it out!

This resource helps your EL students identify and explain charts, graphs, and diagrams.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Learn more about the imposing tsunami with this worksheet about the science of tsunamis.

Put the events of the story in sequential order from what happened first to what happened last. Then read the story to learn more about Rocky!

Have your movie lover read about the history of movies, and then test her reading comprehension as she arranges the events to complete a timeline.

n this funny fairy tale, a brave young man has a few run-ins with some boastful ghosts.

This graphic organizer guides readers to complete a story map of their reading by having them record the characters, setting, problem, and solution.