Help students get the most out of their reading with this super helpful question and answer tracker. Before students read nonfiction books, have them make a list of information they’d like to learn. As they read, have students track the information on thi

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sharing Opinions About Stories.

Have students record questions on sticky notes as they are reading, then they'll compile them all on this helpful worksheet before tracking down and recording their answers.

This worksheet helps students identify and make connections between key ideas in nonfiction readings.

Tap into your students’ creativity by challenging them to create an infographic using content from their reading!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn to Compare and Contrast.

These storyboxes guide kids through the most important components of a story: The beginning, the middle, and the end.

With this exercise, students will think deeply about their reading by describing important events, asking questions, and making comparisons.

Symbolism in A Christmas Carol helps bring out the story's holiday messages. Learn about symbolism in A Christmas Carol with this worksheet.

As students read independently, they’ll run into words they have trouble decoding. Have your kids cut out these fun “tricky word” bookmarks to help them to recognize and record these words so that they can practice decoding them!

Students will learn about the sword maker Muramasa Sengo, read through the eyewitness accounts, and decide who the trustworthy source is!

Learn to identify first, second, and third person perspective in writing!

Learn more about Julia Morgan, the woman who designed her way into California history, and also practice reading informational paragraphs.

Write about your Christmas tree with this holiday writing prompt! Kids will describe their favorite things about the classic Christmas decoration.

Familiarize your child with Mother Goose rhymes with some simple sight words in this coloring page of "I Had a Little Nut Tree".

Students will look for noun phrases in a familiar story!

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

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple nonfiction text features with this delicious index activity. Young readers will practice using an cookbook index to locate information about tasty desserts.

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, reflect on T.J. Avery’s decisions and consequences with this extension activity.

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.

Santa rewards kids on the nice list ... but what about his sneaky elves? Make your kids giggle this Christmas with these silly elf notes.

Put a personalized twist on the old-school bookmark and your young reader will make the experience more fun for themselves by reviewing the book as they go.

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

Familiarize your child with some simple sight words and rhymes with this coloring page of "Jack Sprat".

Here's a great test of your student's knowledge about U.S. history! See if he can match up all the presidents with their mini biographies.

One way to bring books to life for students is to have them empathize with one of the characters. This fun worksheet engages students in analyzing how a character’s feelings change over the course of the beginning, middle, and end of the book.

If your child is reading a novel for school, encourage him to draw parallels to the real world in this fun news scavenger hunt.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Learning About Literacy Concepts.

Sink your teeth into some vampire history and lore with this playful Halloween worksheet!

Frantic flamingos frequently flounder! Fill in the blanks of this alliteration worksheet to make a funny story, featuring the letter "F".