Have you ever heard of Julbock, the Christmas goat, or Tomten, the gift-giving Christmas elf? Learn how to celebrate Christmas in Sweden!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who are the Key Characters?

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

Inspire your students to create a story using elements of fictional text! Budding writers will choose from the list of characters, settings, problems, and transition frames to help jump-start the creative process.

Continue the illustrated story of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen.

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

Encourage your child to read more by giving her a series of fun coloring pages that tell a story! She'll get to enjoy a Japanese folktale as she colors.

A Christmas Carol characters include Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and Jacob Marley. Learn about A Christmas Carol characters with this festive worksheet.

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

In this old Nigerian folk tale, a young villager ends up marrying a real bonehead. (Sorry, we had to.)

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Draw Beginning, Middle, and End.

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!

Complete this Hanukkah story by selecting the correct pictures instead of words.

Have students record new words in this organizer and jot down what they think they mean.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Identify and Develop an Opinion.

Students will get to track their own learning on a topic using this graphic organizer. First they'll write down thoughts and questions they have about a topic. After reading, they'll record their new thoughts and consider how their responses have changed.

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!

Learn all about Sinterklaas (sound familiar?) and the fun traditions that kids in the Netherlands look forward to every Christmas!

Engage your students in retelling stories and sharing their thoughts with this fun worksheet. After reading a book independently, young critics will tell what happens in the story and explain why they would or would not recommend it.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

Read page 10 of The Nightingale, by Hans Christian Andersen, and find out what will happen to the Emperor!

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.

Fee Fi Fo Fum! Take your young reader on an adventure and build basic comprehension skills while reading the classic fairy tale, "Jack and the Beanstalk."

Here is a great holiday activity for you and your little one. He can practice his handwriting and writing addresses for these home-made Christmas cards.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading Pictures.

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: Elements of Fairy Tales.

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