Help students prepare for reader’s workshop and practice reading comprehension by sharing about books they’ve read. After taking turns telling a partner all about their chosen books, students will write or draw about what their partner shared.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Reading is awesome! It’s even more fun when you’re reading about subjects and stories that interest you. Help students find books they love in this fun activity.

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

Fluent readers know how to tackle tricky words. Help young readers build their reading muscles by practicing identifying and decoding challenging words with this worksheet.

Do you know how to haiku? This haiku worksheet gives your budding poet practice with counting syllables and noticing the role of rhythm in poetry.

It's always perfect weather for writing poems! Engage students in writing poetry with this fun activity. Go outside and start thinking creatively!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Basic Fiction Summaries.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

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

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."

With this exercise, students will think deeply about their reading by describing important events, asking questions, and making comparisons.

Symbolism in A Christmas Carol helps bring out the story's holiday messages. Learn about symbolism in A Christmas Carol with this worksheet.

Find out what happens to the Velveteen Rabbit in part two of this beautiful storybook coloring series.

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

In "The Elves and the Shoemaker," the reader meets a friendly shoemaker. This Grimm's fairy tale is told through colorable pictures and kid-friendly text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

Teach kids the art of book recommendations with this fill-in-the-blank worksheet.

Enjoy part two of this classic Christmas tale. Your little dancer can experience the magic of the Nutcracker with this storybook she can color herself!

This worksheet will enable your readers to examine several books in a series and compare and contrast the main features across the texts.

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

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.

Enjoy one of the most well-known Christmas stories, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Color the illustrations as you go!

Engage kids in reading before they even start! This fun worksheet encourages students to make predictions about what books will be about just by glancing at the cover and contents.

As students retell stories, have them use symbols to highlight certain parts in their book, such as question marks to note questions and hearts to indicate their favorite parts.

Introduce your child to The Steadfast Tin Soldier, a classic short story by Hans Christian Andersen. Add some color to these storybook pages as you read!

Deepen your students’ literary comprehension by comparing texts within a genre.

Keep this organizer handy for your students to keep track of the chapters they've read and look ahead to the next one! Challenge your young readers to take their chapter summaries one step further by having them write out predictions for upcoming chapters

This engaging activity helps students practice retelling stories by recounting the details of a favorite story, movie, or TV show. Students are asked to write a paragraph about the beginning, middle, and end of the story, as well as illustrate one of the