Help your students to visually interpret a scene from their book with this illustration worksheet! After students read, they’ll make the picture in their minds come to life by drawing their favorite scene and quoting a passage from the text.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Asking Questions and Finding Answers.

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

It's always perfect weather for writing poems! Engage students in writing poetry with this fun activity. Go outside and start thinking creatively!

Enlist the famous Beatrix Potter in helping your child develop solid reading strategies.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Asking Questions and Finding Answers.

What better way to learn about characters in stories than to become one? In this activity, students take on the role of a character as they act out scenes with a partner.

Have your student read this story about two best friends, Cindy and Miranda. Then, answer the questions. Find out how the two girls handled the situation.

As students read informational books, encourage them to use sticky notes to record what they learn. Help them keep track of the information they learn with this helpful worksheet.

Use this printable booklet to introduce children to the inspiring story of Katherine Johnson, a barrier-breaking NASA mathematician, while building their vocabulary and boosting reading and writing skills.

Use this resource to help your students create questions about their fiction text.

Children learn how to identify cause and effect with the help of a friendly root vegetable in this playful worksheet.

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

Did you know mako sharks can leap 30 feet out of the water? Give your first grader a fun and informational coloring page, all about the mako shark!

As students begin to read independently, they may have questions about what they read. These questions should be encouraged! Have students record their questions about their reading or any unknown words on this graphic organizer.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading Fluently to Support Comprehension.

Have your young reader describe and compare three of their favorite book characters in this triple-sided Venn diagram.

There's a happy-looking, big-eared bat and some fun facts on this coloring page! And it's a great way to start a talk about endangered animals with your child.

Continue your journey with Kolobok, the crafty little ball of dough. In part three, he encounters a wolf! Can he escape?

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

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. In this activity, students write a summary—in speech form!—of a book that they read. For added fun, have them give their speeches to a partner—or even the whole class!

Find out how the story ends in this final chapter of the Teremok folk tale! Have fun coloring together, and building your child's enthusiasm for reading.

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

Use this illustrated reader to help kids learn about Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to enter space.

Help Santa out by making him a wish list. Have your child fill-in the blanks with this Santa letter template, and send the letter off to the North Pole!

Identify three facts from a work of nonfiction, then draw a picture and write a caption for each.

The Nutcracker story tells the tale of a girl who discovers some Christmas magic. Color in The Nutcracker story with your child and make your own holiday book.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare and Contrast Fictional Characters.