Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

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

Reading is so much more than just following words on a page—it's about deriving meaning from the text! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them draw and write about their favorite parts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading Pictures.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

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

Pick up some fun movie trivia and learn about how special sound effects are made on this reading comprehension worksheet!

Practice comparing texts that share a distinctive feature within a genre.

Fluent readers are able to derive meaning from the text and make connections! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them share how it connects to other books they've read.

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. This activity will get students talking, listening, and writing! They'll take turns sharing about the book they've read before writing a summary of their partner's book.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

With this language arts exercise, students will find textual evidence and use it to support an inference.

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

Can you memorize this poem? Can you draw a picture of it? This worksheet challenges your child to do both while getting a taste of poet Robert Frost.

Language is fascinating and confusing! Learn some words in other languages that don't translate to English with this great linguistics worksheet.

Paraphrasing is an important skill for writing a research paper. Students can practice putting someone else's writing into their own words.

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

With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.

This is a comprehension resource for students to record their questions before, during, and after they have read nonfiction text.

Children will use their creative writing skills to continue the story in this fiction writing exercise.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare and Contrast Fictional Characters.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Revolutionary War Vocabulary.

These worksheets are all about the 180-degree rule, an important film technique. If your kid loves movies, then she'll love this chance to go behind the scenes.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading with Symbols.

Thanksgiving readers theater is fun for the whole family. This Thanksgiving readers theater activity tells the true story of the first Thanksgiving.

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

This worksheet gives kids a place to list all the books they've read!