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

Read page six from The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. Read about the nightingale's life in the palace, and color in the illustration.

A rebus story is like a picture story! It's up to your little storyteller to fill in the blanks with the cut-out pictures on page 1.

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

Discover how our friends across the pond celebrate the holiday season!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying Character and Setting.

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: Map a Story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts.

Want to get your kids thinking critically about what they're reading? This fruit-themed Venn diagram alternative will help students to compare and contrast two topics or books during or after reading nonfiction texts.

Bring your predictions to life in this fun activity! Students will make predictions about a book and then act out what they think will happen in the beginning, middle, and end.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Let's Read It With Expression!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk.

Enjoy a heartwarming, childhood classic, The Velveteen Rabbit! Your little one will love coloring these storybook pages as she reads.

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

What better way to learn about characters in stories than to become one? In this activity, students take on the role of a character as they act out scenes with a partner.

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

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!

Help your students think deeply about literature with these helpful conversation starters.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers.

Introduce students to nonfiction genres in their school or local library!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Do you and your kid know when and how movie theater candy came into existence? Read about concessions that date back to the beginning of movies.

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

Is it a tiger or a shark? Give your child a fun and informative coloring page, sure to satisfy any shark fanatic!

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky reading exercise, where you'll learn all about werewolves! Read up on the history behind these legendary beasts.

Experience The Legend of Sleepy Hollow from two different points of view!

Being able to identify when and where a story takes place is an important skill for young readers. After reading fiction books, check students’ comprehension by having them draw the setting of the story in this fun reading comprehension activity.