Students identify noun phrases that describe character and setting.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Nonfiction Text Features.

Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Enjoy part two of this classic Christmas tale. Your little dancer can experience the magic of the Nutcracker with this storybook she can color herself!

Draw a picture for each line of this nursery rhyme favorite!

Have your students record new words they come across on this bookmark and jot down what they think they mean.

Do you and your kid know when and how movie theater candy came into existence? Read about concessions that date back to the beginning of movies.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Real or Not?

Sing the classic song "Pop Goes the Weasel" while coloring in the matching pictures.

Has your little one been nice this year? Give him this colorful template to write out his Christmas list for Santa!

Visual and multimedia elements in fiction texts enhance the reader’s experience. Character perspectives, use of language, and creative text physical features bring stories to life!

For your budding environmentalist, here is an information sheet on a well-known endangered species, the Komodo dragon!

Sing along to this fun worksheet that has children identifying the letter G!

Your young historian will learn about the Iroquois League with this worksheet. He'll learn some important U.S. history as he practices his reading.

Nonfiction books have a variety of text features. But they could sometimes use more! In this activity, students analyze the existing text features in a book and create a new feature to add.

Develop your student's writing skills with this character and setting worksheet. Encourage your students to use interesting adverbs and adjectives in their descriptions.

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African-American jazz legend Charlie Parker!

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.

Explore alliteration in poetry by sniffing out repeated sounds in a favorite springtime poem: Casey at the Bat.

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.

There are many animals around the world whose lives or homes are threatened. Read about an endangered species from Africa with this info-sheet

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.