When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Use this fall-themed Reader’s Theater script to give your students practice reading fluently. Then, challenge them with reading comprehension questions about the characters and events.

Explore the most famous rock pile in the history of the world!

Learn all about the biography genre, including autobiography and journalism, and read some classic excerpts from its famous authors.

Venn diagrams aren't just a math tool; they make great charts for reading comprehension too!

The Battle of Trenton was a turning point for the Americans in the Revolutionary War. Your young historian will learn the facts with this worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Read with Expression!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

Show kids how to sort fact from fiction with this worksheet.

Learn some of the common Morse code prosigns with this fun activity!

This rubric chart helps students to learn how to grade the quality of the caption illustrations they come across in nonfiction texts.

Make reading time fun, with this classic short story by Rudyard Kipling. Then, complete a few comprehension activities on "How the Alphabet Was Made."

Guide students to get the most out of non-fiction texts by thinking about their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know. When they finish, they can trim it to paste into a spiral-bound notebook.

Pictures are a great tool to use when reading. By completing this worksheet, students develop reading comprehension skills as they analyze what comes next in a story using context cues and picture clues.

Challenge your students to consider the author's intention of a piece of writing. Ask your students to read Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If-" and answer the questions about the author's intent.

After reading informational books, have students share a summary with a partner. Then have them write out their retelling using this worksheet. Students will be masters of their topics when all is said and done!

Using this worksheet, students will focus on creating a personal timeline about their life.

Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

As students write stories, encourage them to add dialogue to their writing with this fun worksheet. Students practice both correctly punctuating dialogue and adding details to make their writing pop!

Use this worksheet to help students identify personified nouns and their respective verbs.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

Take a historical tour of Spain, home of the Running of the Bulls! Learn all about this Spanish-speaking country's diverse regions, dialects, and traditions.

Invite kids to take their emoji skills to the next level by using them to describe books, events, and themselves!

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Students will rewrite the narration and point of view of various texts.

Hanako is a famous ghost story that originated in Japan. Your fifth grader will read about the legend, and then compare and contrast som

Young historians will practice writing essays and get a great reading comprehension workout with this worksheet about the famous Chinese explorer Zheng He.

Fiction or nonfiction? Children are introduced to the concept of genre in this early literacy worksheet.

Children are introduced to author, activist, and poet Maya Angelou in this historial heroes worksheet.

Enjoy the story of "The Princess and the Pea" with your beginning reader. Use this story as a starter for literary activities.