As students read nonfiction books, have them keep track of the fun facts they're learning using this graphic organizer. After collecting five interesting facts in the bubbles, students can use them to write a summary of the book.

Use this helpful worksheet to support your students as they develop their question asking skills by pretending to interview characters from beloved fictional texts.

If you're good in Mexico, the Three Wise Men might come on Christmas Day and leave you candy and money!

Write a Christmas wish list with this template, waiting to be sent off to Santa! Your little one can even practice handwriting and building sentences.

Find out more about the role of rhythm in poetry with this worksheet that uses "Casey at the Bat" for practice.

Christmas stationary adds some class to your letters to Santa or holiday greetings. Print your own Christmas stationary with this holiday printable.

First thing's first: if your kid has a reading assignment, start by stating just the facts on this essential-info sheet.

During this reading exercise, students will work in small groups to look at various sample passages and sort them based on firsthand or secondhand accounts.

Use this worksheet as a way for students to practice retelling a familiar story using their own words and images.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Students learn to observe small details in text through repetition and the nursery rhyme, "The House that Jack Built."

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Students will read an excerpt from The Hound of the Baskervilles to discover the great mystery of Baskerville Hall, answering “Stop and Think” fiction comprehension questions throughout the text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling a Fiction Story.

Fill in the New Year's Eve story with pictures instead of words.

After reading a short text about a new puppy, students gain practice making predictions about what will happen next.

Use this resource to closely read a nonfiction text, come up with questions, and use text evidence to find the answers.

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

Use this resource to track what your student knows (K), wants to know (W), and learned (L) about a nonfiction topic.

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

Use this activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to write procedural texts. Students are prompted to write step-by-step instructions for how to do or make something of their choosing.

Students will explore how illustrations can help deepen their understanding of a text.

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.

This fun worksheet serves as a great visual for your kids to organize their thoughts around the elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them fill out this handy slide graphic organizer with plot, protagonist, and antagonist.

Mmmm! Can you smell the Christmas cookies in the oven? Warm up your child's writing skills with this Christmas cookies writing prompt.

Learn about influential writer and art patron Gertrude Stein, known in both the Jewish-American and art communities for being a famous writer and collector.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple non-fiction text features with this table of contents activity. Young readers will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about chameleons.

Students will answer questions about a nonfiction text and find quotes to support their answers.

Kids who love space can learn all about the heroic Sally Ride, the first American woman to venture into space.