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.

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.

Oh no! The Princess and the Pea story has gotten all mixed up. Can you put the story in the right order?

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

Has your little one been nice this year? Give him this colorful template to write out his Christmas list for Santa!

Have some fun with haiku! Practice syllable counting and creative writing by coming up with funny haiku poems for April Fools' Day.

Use this exercise to teach your students to identify nouns and associated pronouns in captions. Then, challenge them to create captions for illustrations.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Key Details.

How well do you know the Rumpelstiltskin story? Hone comprehension skills with this fun fairy tale mix up.

Use this worksheet to help students make a prediction about a characters’ actions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Repeated Words and Phrases.

Students can use this organizer to jot down the new words they encounter and also note what they think they mean.

Let your young reader review the book as they go with this personalized bookmark. Cut out the bookmark and fold it in half to spice up the reading experience!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fact or Opinion.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Sharing Facts from Nonfiction.

Ling, a young girl from China, has sent your child a letter. Using the letter outline, encourage her to write a letter back to Ling about her life and dreams.

Enjoy part two of this fun Russian folk tale, about Kolobok the little ball of dough, created accidentally by an old woman.

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

Nonfiction books are jam-packed with information, which is why it’s important to read them more than once! This worksheet encourages students to reread nonfiction, summarizing what they learned with pictures and words.

Read this creepy story about a mythological creature called a korrigan, then answer the comprehension questions at the end.

Put a silly spin on a sad holiday by tickling your funny bone with some calaveras literarias.

Think back to your favorite tall tale characters and talk with your little reader about the different traits that made them hyperbolic legends.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Close Reading Strategy.

Enjoy part three of this Russian folk tale, Teremok. The little hideaway hut is getting crowded! Have your child read to you to find out what happens next.

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.

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.

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