Time to have your students don their detective hats and magnifying glass as they assume the role of word detective! This fun worksheet will help your first graders learn sight words by recognizing them in classroom books.

Help students practice close reading with this character detective worksheet.

Have your kids put on their detective hats to solve the case of the missing letters! Students are encouraged to slow down and listen to each sound they hear. By working as word detectives, students learn how to segment words into different sounds.

Put on your detective hats because it's time for a measurement hunt! In this activity, students search for objects around the classroom that are shorter/longer than the given items. Your kids will have fun hunting for items and drawing what they find.

This worksheet prompts students to identify and find different text features to build their reading comprehension skills.

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.

Nonfiction books have a variety of text features. But they could sometimes use more! In this activity, students analyze the existing text features in a book and create a new feature to add.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Searching for Text Features.

Use this open-ended writing activity to assess your students’ abilities to write informational texts and include appropriate text features. Students are asked to write about a topic of their choice using key details and facts, including at least one text

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

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!

These pets need your help finding their missing letters! This worksheet encourages students to slow down and listen to each sound they hear. By working as word detectives, students learn how to segment pet words into different sounds.

Fluent readers know how to tackle tricky words. Help young readers build their reading muscles by practicing identifying and decoding challenging words with this worksheet.

Do dogs bark, flap, or swing? Pair animals with relevant verbs in this first- and second-grade worksheet!

Become a math detective with this inviting first-grade worksheet!

Crack the case of the end marks wide open with this first- and second-grade worksheet about statements and questions!

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

Reading fluency is so much more than just following words on a page—it's about finding meaning and making connections! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them share about how it connects to their own lives.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Word Detectives.

This reading worksheet highlights important vocabulary words and the main purpose of a text.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Word Detectives.

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

In this worksheet, learners will refer to illustrations to make inferences about which of two lines of text is true.

Look at the colorful illustrations and decide which text best describes the image!

What happened in the story? Use this helpful graphic organizer to capture the characters, setting, and important events in a fiction text.

Become a storyteller with this fun reading comprehension activity! Use your creativity to fill in the story where it's missing text.

Give your students a chance to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details in a nonfiction text.

First graders will gain exposure to the classic text by Charles Perrault, "The Sleeping Beauty", with this worksheet. After reading the story, kids are tasked with reading comprehension questions about what they read.