Families in the United States live in all different settings. Kids think about the similarities and differences between rural and urban life on this worksheet.

Revision is an important skill for writers, but it can be tricky to develop. In this activity, students will practice their revision skills by adding details to make a story come to life and then rewriting their new and improved story.

Learn about a few common insects and arachnids as you color them in!

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

It's up to your 2nd grader to make a story based on a prince, a princess and two huge grins. Try story elements like setting, background and a problem.

Practice comparative thinking (and writing!) with this getting-to-know-you worksheet!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

This worksheet asks first graders to read, write and draw all about summer!

Does your child love stories with dragons and fighting knights? Let him write his own!

Use this stop and jot reflection activity to assess reading comprehension. Your students will choose their favorite response to their reading and explain their choice.

Help your early reader get to know a classic Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. He'll make a prediction about what will happen, and identify the moral.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Creating Cause and Effect Skits

Got a case of writer's block? One great way to get started is to draw a picture!

Help children hone their creativity and critical thinking skills while providing hands-on experience with design planning, reflection, and writing process.

Floyd and Roly are best friends and neighbors! Help your child stretch his writing skills with this fill-in-the-speech-bubbles worksheet.

Children reflect on the meaning of American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and legacy in this thoughtful writing practice and drawing worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Creating Cause and Effect Skits

What are Floyd and Roly talking about? Fill in the word balloons and make up your own comic!

With the help of this reading and writing worksheet, young learners will learn about the first all-female spacewalk and then imagine what it would be like to be a space explorer themselves!

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

This worksheet teaches first graders to identify the main idea and supporting details by arranging the sample sentences provided.

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

After reading the classic Aesop fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare," students will use their imaginations to compose their own introductions using one of the most common story hooks (fact, question, description, statement, or sound).

Use this reading strategy to help your students along in their reading comprehension skills. Students will respond to literature with Stop & Jots, with or without sticky notes.

There's more than one way to hook a reader! Help your students reinforce their understanding of captivating story starters with this Goldilocks-themed matching worksheet.

If your family owns a cat, this is a perfect time to make the furry family member the star while your child practices penmanship (without even knowing it).

Your child can write a short story about the family dog (or make one up) while perfecting his penmanship!

Super Floyd and Officer Ice Cream are off on an adventure! Help the dynamic duo save the day by filling in their speech bubbles.

Geared toward children from preschool through first grade, this worksheet is a great way to introduce young students to opinion writing, as well as the importance of standing up for what they believe in.