These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

When in Rome, what should visitors do? Let your students become a tour guide to Rome, the historic city in Italy, with this travel brochure activity.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

With a movie word search and fascinating info about early films, this set of reading and writing worksheets is sure to entertain your budding movie-lover!

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

Use these pre-reading discussion prompts to prepare students for reading Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

This worksheet helps students identify and make connections between key ideas in nonfiction readings.

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.

Get your students excited about making text connections!

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

Budding researchers will head Down Under to learn about Melbourne, Australia, in this engaging project.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare with Adjectives.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

In this language arts worksheet, students read a nonfiction text then represent what they read by creating a helpful chart.

This travel brochure activity summarizes the fascinating history behind the birthplace of the Renaissance.

Your students will be amazed to learn about different types of fungus in this nonfiction reading exercise!

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

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

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

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

If your child is reading a novel for school, encourage him to draw parallels to the real world in this fun news scavenger hunt.

This activity invites kids to explore Norway's history, attractions, and get to know its famous residents. After learning more about Oslo, your child will create a travel brochure and map of the city.

About 14 million people visit the historic city of Berlin each year. Give your students the opportunity to study and share historic facts and places in Germany's capital with this brochure exercise.

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

As your students read the nonfiction text in this travel brochure activity, they will learn about the many cultures that have enriched the diverse city of Lisbon.

Will visitors see leprechauns while visiting in Dublin? Tell your researching students to find out with this travel brochure activity!

Sink your teeth into some vampire history and lore with this playful Halloween worksheet!