As students retell stories, have them use symbols to highlight certain parts in their book, such as question marks to note questions and hearts to indicate their favorite parts.

Introduce your child to The Steadfast Tin Soldier, a classic short story by Hans Christian Andersen. Add some color to these storybook pages as you read!

Read this version of The Wild Hunt with your little boy or ghoul this Halloween, then answer the comprehension questions at the end.

Deepen your students’ literary comprehension by comparing texts within a genre.

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

Read about this dry, warm biome, then review what you've learned as you play a round or two of this fun-fact card game.

Have your students record new words they come across on this bookmark and jot down what they think they mean.

Track first impressions of a text and kickstart background knowledge using this efficient organizer. This resource goes along with the Picture Walk-A-Preview lesson plan.

Keep this organizer handy for your students to keep track of the chapters they've read and look ahead to the next one! Challenge your young readers to take their chapter summaries one step further by having them write out predictions for upcoming chapters

This engaging activity helps students practice retelling stories by recounting the details of a favorite story, movie, or TV show. Students are asked to write a paragraph about the beginning, middle, and end of the story, as well as illustrate one of the

Students will note features of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

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

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!

What's the best way to get to know a city? Play tourist! In this activity, students create a travel brochure on the 2008 Olympic host city, Beijing.

Students become authors as they dream up the best book ever with this worksheet.

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

If you wanted to protect an underground kingdom, how would you do it?

It's fun to share interesting facts with others! Get the fun started with this top five list.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

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

Nonfiction books are jam-packed with information, which is why it’s important to read them more than once! This worksheet encourages students to reread nonfiction, summarizing what they learned with pictures and words.

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

Your students will pick their favorite information and create a travel brochure all about Amsterdam, complete with a map!

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.

Does this shark look strange to you? Learn all about why his tail is so long with a fun and informative coloring page!

Learn about first Lady Dolley Madison with this history worksheet, complete with some reading comprehension exercises.

A cinquain poem is a five line poem that does not rhyme. Your students can read an example of a cinquain poem, then try writing a few of their own.

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.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to reflect and re-imagine story endings with characters from their favorite tales.

Have your third graders pull out their color pencils and learn about the history of fidget spinners. This colorful exercise will increase your students' understanding of nonfiction text.