Use this resource with your students to give them practice reading a fable and categorizing sentences as either examples of realism or fantasy.

Reading fluency is so much more than just following words on a page—it's about finding meaning and making connections! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them share about how it connects to their own lives.

Keep rolling along with Kolobok, the main character in this well-known Russian folk tale. Your child will love coloring as she builds reading skills!

As students become independent readers, they may have questions about what they read. Instead of taking the questions as they come up, encourage students to write them down using this handy worksheet.

As students read multiple nonfiction books about a topic, they’ll begin to learn more. Help them organize their notes and keep track of the new information they're learning with this fun book-themed graphic organizer!

You only get something out of it if you put something in! Have your child try five-part challenge, with the final goal being memorizing a poem word for word.

Summarizing a whole book can be daunting, so why not start with just one page? Help students to retell information they’ve read in nonfiction books by choosing one page to summarize.

It's fun to share interesting facts with others! Get the fun started with this top five list.

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

Practice making story comparisons and inferences with the help of this useful organizer.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Have your students record new words they come across on this bookmark and jot down what they think they mean.

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

This is the final chapter of the tale of Kolobok. Famous in Russian folklore, this clever ball of dough finally meets his match, the fox!

Can you imagine celebrating Christmas in the summer? That's what the people in New Zealand do!

As students practice reading independently, they’ll run into tricky words. Help them learn how to identify which books are “just right” for their reading level by recording how many tricky words they run into.

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.

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

The more books you read about a topic, the more you learn! This worksheet helps students compare and contrast information they learn from multiple books about the same topic.

Election season is here, so pull out the crayons and let your future voter dive into the world of politics.

This coloring page features the Chimera from Greek mythology. It has the head of a goat, the body of a lion, and a tail of a snake!

One thing every culture has in common is a set of folk tales and myths, and this coloring series features mythological creatures from all over the world.

Help students to retell information they’ve read in informational books with this helpful worksheet. Students will choose four pages from their nonfiction book to summarize, writing their sentences in the pages of the fun book graphic.

Cozy up for story time with one of the most well-known Christmas stories, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

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

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

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

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

This quick story of Captain Kidd brings pirates and reading on an adventure for your kids!