Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Settings.

Here's a language arts worksheet that's sure to boost reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Practice making inferences about stories with the help of this writing organizer.

When paired with two types of nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between the text features of printed text and electronic text.

After reading nonfiction books, encourage students to share what they’ve learned by writing letters to a family member. Students will use this letter template to share the name of the book and a detailed summary of what they learned.

In this reading worksheet, just in time for Halloween, kids can read all about Fred Fisher, the star of Australia's most famous ghost story.

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. In this activity, students write a summary—in speech form!—of a book that they read. For added fun, have them give their speeches to a partner—or even the whole class!

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

You may not know of Dr. Jonas Salk, but your life has certainly been affected by him! This famous scientist created the polio vaccine.

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, students explore the part boycotts have played in the country’s history.

Students will have some fun with reading eyewitness accounts of Roswell, and then doing some writing responses on the topic.

Use this organizer to dig deep when comparing and contrasting texts within a genre.

Enlist the famous Beatrix Potter in helping your child develop solid reading strategies.

Get mischievous during story time and read the story of "Rumpelstiltskin", abridged for your first grader.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Even if you're not in Japan, you can celebrate Kodomo no Hi, or Children's Day. Read all about this popular Japanese holiday, like the special foods and toys!

Imagine you're sipping "agua dulce" and spending a lazy afternoon on a warm beach as you get to know the beautiful country of Costa Rica!

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

This reading worksheet teaches your kid some cool things about computer-generated imagery. She'll read about special effects and practice thinking critically.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

Students will get to track their own learning on a topic using this graphic organizer. First they'll write down thoughts and questions they have about a topic. After reading, they'll record their new thoughts and consider how their responses have changed.

This printable preschool worksheet is sure to get your kid thinking about nature.

Here is a writing activity to review terms and concepts from the Civil War era. Your child will imagine being a soldier in the war and write a journal entry.

This story starter is getting warmer! Read this version of the story of Helios the sun god, then have your child make his own sun myth.

Introduce young historians to Amelia Bloomer, an influential 19th century women's rights activist, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.