In this inventive graphic organizer, children will fill in speech and thought bubbles to show how a character's words and thoughts reveal their traits.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who are the Key Characters?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

As students become independent readers, they may have questions about what they read. Instead of taking the questions as they come up, encourage students to write them down using this handy worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

In this thoughtful culture and writing activity, children will read about each of the tenets of Kwanzaa, then reflect on what these mean to them.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Use this resource with your students to practice one of the core reading strategies: determining importance. Support your young learners as they read, judge, justify, and defend their understanding of a text.

This shark is anything but fearsome, in fact, he's a bit adorable! Give your child a fun and informative coloring page, all about the whale shark.

After reading the poem, draw a picture of the two main characters.

Use this resource to give your students practice using a simple sentence structure to describe characters, setting, and events.

Evidence + reasoning = an inference! This helpful tool will help your students add up the pieces to make strong inferences as they read.

This is the final chapter of the tale of Kolobok. Famous in Russian folklore, this clever ball of dough finally meets his match, the fox!

Build reading and vocabulary skills with a fun folktale coloring series! She'll color the illustrations and clip the five pages together to make a storybook.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.

Practice comparing texts that share a distinctive feature within a genre.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

Young readers will pick a book and join a band of pirates as they guide them to find hidden treasure through the secrets of inference.

Learn all about the biography genre, including autobiography and journalism, and read some classic excerpts from its famous authors.

The more books you read about a topic, the more you learn! This worksheet helps students compare and contrast information they learn from multiple books about the same topic.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Evidence.

Your students will get to practice their writing and oral reading skills while learning more about their classmates with this fun questionnaire.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Get ready for a ghostly reading activity! Here's a Halloween sheet that will teach your child all about ghosts and the history behind these spooks.

Get in tune with nature, and read a bit about an endangered species of animal, the Black-footed Ferret. Your child can color an illustration as he reads.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

Students will cite instances of cause and effect from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their fiction readings.

The more students read about a topic, the more they’ll become experts! Help kids embrace their expert status by having them recommend books to friends. They'll write a letter recommending at least two different books, sharing what makes each unique.