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!

As students read nonfiction books, have them keep track of the fun facts they're learning using this graphic organizer. After collecting five interesting facts in the bubbles, students can use them to write a summary of the book.

Select a topic that interests you, then learn about it from a variety of sources, such as books, websites, and articles.

Have your young reader describe and compare three of their favorite book characters in this triple-sided Venn diagram.

Use these picture cards to introduce your students to 16 common theme words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Key Details.

Meet the mythical Captain Stormalong, a sturdy sailor who's said to have conquered the high seas.

Get to know nonfiction text features! Use this resource with your class to compare nonfiction text features for same-topic selections. This resource goes along with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Not all predictions are created equal. In this worksheet, students seek to identify the events that are most likely to happen while explaining their thinking.

Take your young reader on an adventure in the fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. Color the illustrations and practice reading and counting skills too!

Animal lovers, get acquainted with a very unique species, the okapi! Read this info-sheet to learn about why this animal is endangered.

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

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Summarizing a whole book can be daunting, so why not start with just one page? Help students to retell information they’ve read in nonfiction books by choosing one page to summarize.

Help your students to visually interpret a scene from their book with this illustration worksheet! After students read, they’ll make the picture in their minds come to life by drawing their favorite scene and quoting a passage from the text.

This worksheet uses the shape of the sun to teach kids how supporting details come out of the main idea of a text like rays.

Get out those books, open the laptop, and research what Ramadan is all about. Your child can learn valuable research skills while learning about this holiday.

Learn more about legendary comedian Groucho Marx in this nonfiction reading sheet from our Jewish-American Heroes series.

Kids will read about the Menehune legend and answer questions about it afterwards.

Valentine's Day isn't just about handing out paper cards and heart-shaped candies -- it's about showing your family and friends how much you love them!

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool whale facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

In A Christmas Carol, setting plays a big role in the story. Learn about A Christmas Carol setting in this worksheet.

Support key literacy skills with these discussion questions as students continue their reading of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

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

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

In this abridged Aladdin story, a poor beggar boy gets everything he desires with the help of a wily genie...but at what cost?

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Internal & External Character Traits.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Learn more about one of the most accomplished scientists of the 20th century with this worksheet about Stephen Hawking.