Select a topic that interests you, then learn about it from a variety of sources, such as books, websites, and articles.

In this classic fable by Aesop, the tortoise learns an important lesson when he catches a ride into the sky with a duck. Exposing kids to classic texts like "The Tortoise and the Duck" is a great way to give them important reading practice.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare with Adjectives.

Learn about first Lady Dolley Madison with this history worksheet, complete with some reading comprehension exercises.

Ready, set, brainstorm! Help your students prepare to write how-to books by generating ideas about topics that they know a lot about.

Learn some interesting history about some of the oldest, and longest, roads in the U.S.! Your child will learn about a famous trade route to Mexico.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

As students read informational books, encourage them to use sticky notes to record what they learn. Help them keep track of the information they learn with this helpful worksheet.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

What is going to happen next in this story? Become a storyteller with this fun comprehension worksheet!

This worksheet challenges first graders to find out the main idea of the passage.

Fairy tales are a great way to engage your students in reading! Help them determine the central message of the classic story, The Tortoise and the Hare, with this fun reading comprehension worksheet.

Have your little ones test their knowledge of "Rapunzel" with this whimsical story map, which includes space for them to write the problem, solution, setting, and more.

This worksheet teaches first graders to be literature sleuths by identifying which of the sample texts are fiction and which are nonfiction.

Get caught up in the drama of "Casey at the Bat" with this reader's theater script.

Get students excited about taking reading notes with this bubbly worksheet! This fun format can be used to jot down quick notes about each chapter in your students’ books, then used as a reference for complete summaries when the time comes.

Close reading texts from mixed media puts a fun twist on the usual compare and contrast. This writing worksheet guides your kid in examining the story's climax.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.

Children learn about Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner, a record-breaking silver and gold medalist in track and field, in this sports biography worksheet.

Students will use sentence frames to cite quotes from nonfiction texts.

This worksheet will have your child assemble and decorate a bookmark while reviewing story sequence as divided into beginning, middle, and end.

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.

If your child needs help understanding big ideas and concepts, have her tackle this helpful reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

Do you know the story of the Frog Prince? Help your little reader hone her basic reading comprehension skills with a fun storyboard exercise.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.