Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Answering "Why" Questions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Differences.

With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Signal Cause and Effect.

It's almost Christmas time! Get your child to let his holiday excitement out with this Christmas Eve writing prompt.

What would you say to a dog if that dog could talk? PBS KIDS' Martha Speaks can do just that, and you can writer her a letter!

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop and practice reading comprehension by sharing about books they’ve read. After taking turns telling a partner all about their chosen books, students will write or draw about what their partner shared.

This fun worksheet serves as a great visual for your kids to organize their thoughts around the elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them fill out this handy slide graphic organizer with plot, protagonist, and antagonist.

Can you memorize this poem? Can you draw a picture of it? This worksheet challenges your child to do both while getting a taste of poet Robert Frost.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

Your second grader can use this Venn diagram to list traits of their favorite book characters. Help them expand their vocabulary with new, descriptive words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Conclude a Story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Students can read the origin of the strange creature known as Beast of Bray Road and decide whether or not they believe the stories.

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

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

In part two of "The Elves and the Shoemaker," the reader finds the shoemaker surprised to see fancy and freshly-made shoes in his workshop.

Use this resource to track what your student knows (K), wants to know (W), and learned (L) about a nonfiction topic.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Signal Cause and Effect.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

Mary Lou Retton tumbled into America's heart in the 1988 Olympics. Read about her Olympic victories in this worksheet, then complete a short reading exercise.

Give your wild child this werewolf story to read this Halloween. He'll have a spooky story to share with friends, and get some reading practice, too!

What better way to get your child excited about reading than a series of fun stories? Meet Kolobok, a ball of dough who comes to life in this Russian folk tale!

As you continue with page 7 of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, be sure to color in the illustration as you read!

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Sequence with Signal Words.

Travel back in time to ancient China in this classic Hans Christian Andersen tale, The Nightingale.

Find out what happens to the elves and the shoemaker in the final page of this classic story by the Brothers Grimm.

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