After independent reading, check in to see how students are understanding what they read. Having students make character paper dolls is a fun way to assess their comprehension and bring the story to life!

Invite your students to create a travel brochure about Mexico City and pull key facts from the informational text provided.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Creating Cause and Effect Skits

Introduce your student to an endangered species, Przewalski's horse, with this information sheet. They can color the illustration as they read.

Don't lose your head over reading comprehension this Halloween...try it with Ichabod Crane and the story of Sleepy Hollow.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Who Is Telling the Story?

Learn about the history of archery with a famous Olympian: Neroli Fairhall!

Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Everyone's heard the story of the ugly duckling, but have you met his new friend, the beastly bird? Help students learn about the importance of transition words when telling a story with this fun tale of outcasts who become fast friends!

Learning how to figure out the trickier words is an essential tool for readers of all levels. This fun worksheet helps students practice using context clues and pictures to decode tricky words and improve their reading fluency skills.

Students will learn about the life history of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, in this introductory civics worksheet.

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Michael Phelps swam his way to success, as your young student will find out in this biography worksheet on one of the greatest swimmers in the world.

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.

Your kid may have seen the movie, but has he ever read the story of Rapunzel? Here, the story of Rapunzel is told in its entirety with two different endings.

Students will note features of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect Structure.

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

Bring story characters to life by having your students imagine them in real life scenarios. In this creative activity, students will seek to analyze their favorite characters by thinking about how each one would react in different situations.

Use this resource to give your students practice reading a short nonfiction passage and recognizing the author’s viewpoint about the topic. Then, they will pick out the text evidence that supports the author’s viewpoint.

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

This worksheet teaches students to locate key ideas, provide evidence, and make connections in nonfiction texts.

Learn all about Sinterklaas (sound familiar?) and the fun traditions that kids in the Netherlands look forward to every Christmas!

Imagine being around in colonial America. If you were reporting about the American Revolution what would you have said about the times?

Read this creepy story about a mythological creature called a korrigan, then answer the comprehension questions at the end.

Is your child having trouble with reading comprehension? The wizard can help!

Have some fun with haiku! Practice syllable counting and creative writing by coming up with funny haiku poems for April Fools' Day.