Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Make sense of the microorganisms and microbiome in your body!

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!

Have your little monkey learn this nursery rhyme through repetition!

Read this well-loved poem, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

It's fun to share interesting facts with others! Get the fun started with this top five list.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

This worksheet helps introduce students to detail reading through a nursery rhyme.

In this Court Cases worksheet, students read descriptions of five landmark decisions, then match them to their correct name.

Explore story sense with your young reader. First, read the astronaut's story. Then, let your imagination tell what will happen next!

In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

Share a story with your child! With this five-page classic folktale, she'll get to color the illustrations as she hones her reading skills.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

This printable memory match game is a fun way to learn about five movie inventors and their innovations. See if you can match the inventor with his invention!

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 5–9 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! 

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 5–8 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for chapter 5–8 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for the eighth and final part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read chapters 5-8 of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Help students reflect on chapters 5–8 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

The Humpty Dumpty story cards are mixed up and don’t make sense. Ask your students to solve this case by cutting the cards out and putting them in order from beginning, to the middle, and the end.

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.

Encourage thoughtful discussion after students read chapters 19–23 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games with this helpful discussion guide!