In "The Elves and the Shoemaker," the reader meets a friendly shoemaker. This Grimm's fairy tale is told through colorable pictures and kid-friendly text.

Help your growing reader understand characterization with this worksheet that asks her to identify the heroes and villains in the book she's reading.

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Learning to read chapter books and summarize the key components is an important skill for young readers. Use this handy guide to assist your child in writing about the characters, setting, conflict, and goals in the book they are reading.

Put the sentences of the story in order from start to finish by numbering them. Read the story in the correct order when you're finished.

Let's make some nonsense! Using "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, a poem famous for its otherworldly wacky words, your child makes his own nonsense.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple nonfiction text features with this delicious index activity. Young readers will practice using an cookbook index to locate information about tasty desserts.

Use this worksheet to help your child learn a little bit about the North Pole!

Your students will use their imaginations to gain understanding of inference, evidence, and schema with this activity. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the vocabulary in the Inferring With Pictures lesson plan.

Ask your students to read the story about Ty's birthday, then answer the comprehension questions by retelling main events of the story on the lines provided.

Students will read a short biography of Keller, then answer a thoughtful prompt designed to help them reflect on what they have read.

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

This worksheet teaches kids the importance of notetaking while reading using the shape of a well-known object: a tree!

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!

Use this resource with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view in a text about a major historical event. Students will read a passage about the Tsunami of 2004 and determine the author’s viewpoint as they establish the

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying key ideas by looking for repeated words and phrases in a text.

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

Use this resource to help your students track information as they compare and contrast the story elements from two fiction texts

Let your students show you the way through a story of their choice using this fun road map! Your students will get to flex their reading comprehension muscles as they write about various story elements, including main characters, setting, and plot.

Mmmm! Can you smell the Christmas cookies in the oven? Warm up your child's writing skills with this Christmas cookies writing prompt.

Help your students to process and retain the information they learn from watching videos with this handy worksheet. Students will consider their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know.

This reading resource gives your students practice using text clues and background knowledge to make inferences about characters.

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts. This graphic organizer will help your students organize the important information from two informational texts on the same topic.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

How do different plants respond to hot or cold temperatures? In this hands-on worksheet, students will analyze two different texts, comparing and contrasting details in both texts.

How do you know when it's wintertime? Have your child complete this winter writing prompt to exercise writing skills and reinforce seasonal knowledge.

After reading a Christmas classic, The Elves and the Shoemaker , test your child's comprehension with this story map shoe!