Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using Text Features for Comprehension.

Is your kid struggling with reading comprehension? Try this short and sweet story from Oscar Wilde.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Symbolism in A Christmas Carol helps bring out the story's holiday messages. Learn about symbolism in A Christmas Carol with this worksheet.

Celebrate the season by reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Then challenge your young reader to fill in this graphic organizer chart.

Celebrate the contributions of famous Irish Americans with this worksheet. Read a bit about each famous figure and complete a comprehension exercise.

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.

Read this creepy story about a mythological creature called a korrigan, then answer the comprehension questions at the end.

Learn more about this amazing artist in this printable biography when studying the fine arts or Black History Month.

Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

A Christmas Carol characters include Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and Jacob Marley. Learn about A Christmas Carol characters with this festive worksheet.

This worksheet uses the shape of the sun to teach kids how supporting details come out of the main idea of a text like rays.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Kids who love space can learn all about the heroic Sally Ride, the first American woman to venture into space.

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

Add some fun to the old-fashioned placeholder with this bookmark! Your child answers a few questions and makes the bookmark, and the experience, all her own!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading Fluently to Support Comprehension.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Answering "Why" Questions.

Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman to be elected to Congress from the South, and was an inspiration to all involved in American politics.

Children will select a chapter book, then make predictions as they progress through the story, in this reading comprehension template.

Read about six epic April Fools' Day hoaxes in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fairy Tale Character Traits.

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 glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fact or Opinion.

What happens when a pompous rocket starts to cry? Develop your child's reading skills with this classic children's story by legendary writer Oscar Wilde.

Think back to your favorite tall tale characters and talk with your little reader about the different traits that made them hyperbolic legends.

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

This rubric chart helps students to learn how to grade the quality of the caption illustrations they come across in nonfiction texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Create Your Own Story.

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