As students become independent readers, they may have questions about what they read. Instead of taking the questions as they come up, encourage students to write them down using this handy worksheet.

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop by picking books to read independently. Students will choose three books that look appealing and read one page. If there are five or less words that are tricky to read, they've found a book that is just right!

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

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

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

Use this resource to help your students create questions about their fiction text.

It can be tricky to sort out different perspectives in a complex book! Use this activity to help your learner think about how two different characters feel about the same event or challenge.

Use these discussion cards to get your students talking about the elements that are unique to the fantasy genre.

Students learn to retell familiar stories by sharing about one of their favorite books. Students will share important details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

The Nutcracker story tells the tale of a girl who discovers some Christmas magic. Color in The Nutcracker story with your child and make your own holiday book.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

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.

Explore alliteration in poetry by sniffing out repeated sounds in a favorite springtime poem: Casey at the Bat.

Use this worksheet to help students identify personified nouns and their respective verbs.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

Print out this minibook and use your imagination to illustrate a short version of this fun fairy tale!

This easy-to-assemble bookmark offers helpful tips for readers as they encounter unfamiliar words and make sense of what they have read.

How do events change characters in the story, or the story itself? Use this worksheet to review the concept of cause and effect.

What is it like to be an ant? After reading Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg, your students will know!

With this worksheet, students will practice determining if the sentences fit under the category of fantasy or realism.

Is your child having trouble with reading comprehension? The wizard can help!

Introduce your child to a fascinating new animal, the Baird's tapir. This is just one of many endangered species around the world.

Students will hone their reading comprehension skills while reading about the Loveland Frog.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

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

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.

Let your young reader review the book as they go with this personalized bookmark. Cut out the bookmark and fold it in half to spice up the reading experience!

Does your child have an ear for rhyme or a passion for poetry? Have her examine the rhyme scheme of this silly limerick, and soon she'll be making her own!

It’s fun to learn about books with friends! One of the best ways to get motivated to read is to get book recommendations. This worksheet helps students do just that in the format of a friendly letter.