Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

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

Go on a reading adventure with Sinbad the Sailor, a hero of Middle Eastern myth and a great excuse to practice reading comprehension.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

First graders will gain exposure to the classic text by Charles Perrault, "The Sleeping Beauty", with this worksheet. After reading the story, kids are tasked with reading comprehension questions about what they read.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Analyzing Primary Sources with Past Tense Verbs.

Read the eyewitness accounts of sightings at Russell Hotel, then do some comparing and contrasting using the Venn diagram at the bottom.

A soldier meets a mysterious stranger in a graveyard. Could this be the dark figure that townsfolk have seen darting in and out of the shadows?

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.

Learn more about Julia Morgan, the woman who designed her way into California history, and also practice reading informational paragraphs.

What do you in Ancient Greece when you have more money than you need? You build a giant tomb structure, of course!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Help students ask and answer questions as they gather information from other students.

One thing every culture has in common is a set of folk tales and myths. Check out a little bit of kappa myth with this coloring page.

Kids who love space can learn all about the heroic Sally Ride, the first American woman to venture into space.

In this fun worksheet, read all about the Vodnici and then answer some critical thinking questions about the eyewitness accounts.

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

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

Read sentences from the Constitution to help your students find and understand conditional sentences.

Nonfiction books have a variety of text features. But they could sometimes use more! In this activity, students analyze the existing text features in a book and create a new feature to add.

This great brain teaser challenges your child to unscramble president names and a riddle. It's a fun Presidents Day worksheet featuring Mount Rushmore!

In this old Nigerian folk tale, a young villager ends up marrying a real bonehead. (Sorry, we had to.)

Comparing different stories is a great way to help your young reader get started with analyzing texts. She'll compare and contrast two children's favorites.

Clues can help us make predictions! Students will read a story about Molly, find the clues, and use those clues to predict what Molly will do next.

This set of picture cards can help students to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details.

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book with this thoughtful extension activity! 

Learn some of the common Morse code prosigns with this fun activity!