Engage students in reading before they even start! Students prepare for reading a nonfiction text by looking at the pictures in the book and answering a series of questions that get them thinking about what they already know about the topic.

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

Share a story with your child! With this five-page classic folktale, she'll get to color the illustrations as she hones her reading skills.

Help your beginning reader boost comprehension skills with this fun worksheet, where he'll map the events in a story.

This worksheet helps students identify and make connections between key ideas in nonfiction readings.

Have you ever heard of Julbock, the Christmas goat, or Tomten, the gift-giving Christmas elf? Learn how to celebrate Christmas in Sweden!

After reading a short text, students gain practice making predictions about what will happen next.

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.

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!

Have students record questions on sticky notes as they are reading, then they'll compile them all on this helpful worksheet before tracking down and recording their answers.

Using this Venn diagram, young readers will compare and contrast two thematically similar works of nonfiction.

Who doesn't love sharing about a good book? Your students will love writing and drawing about their books in this reading comprehension activity. After students read independently, have them share about what they read using this fun worksheet.

After students read informational books, have them share and connect their learning by filling out this handy concept map. When they're done, students will have a fun visual representation of what they've learned.

Use this simple and effective graphic organizer to have students predict or describe events from their own lives or from stories.

In this language arts worksheet, students read a nonfiction text then represent what they read by creating a helpful chart.

Can you imagine celebrating Christmas in the summer? That's what the people in New Zealand do!

How well do you know the Rumpelstiltskin story? Hone comprehension skills with this fun fairy tale mix up.

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.

Bring your predictions to life in this fun activity! Students will make predictions about a book and then act out what they think will happen in the beginning, middle, and end.

Use this worksheet to give your students confidence in reading nonfiction texts by familiarizing them with visual elements like diagrams, photographs, illustrations, and charts.

Make following instructions fun and interesting with this worksheet! Your child will practice an important skill that's needed on a daily basis.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading Pictures.

Bring story characters to life by having your students imagine them in real life scenarios. In this creative activity, students will seek to analyze their favorite characters by thinking about how each one would react in different situations.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

Bring books to life by having students create their very own character puppets! When they're finished, students can use the puppets to act out their favorite scenes.

Use this paragraph frame worksheet to support ELs as they navigate through the process of retelling text using transition words. This template can be used as a scaffold for any fictional text in the classroom!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Asking Questions and Finding Answers.

In this classic fable by Aesop, the tortoise learns an important lesson when he catches a ride into the sky with a duck. Exposing kids to classic texts like "The Tortoise and the Duck" is a great way to give them important reading practice.

As students read informational books, encourage them to use sticky notes to record what they learn. Help them keep track of the information they learn with this helpful worksheet.