Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.

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.

Look at the evidence and practice making inferences with the help of this handy graphic organizer.

Put a personalized twist on the old-school bookmark and your young reader will make the experience more fun for themselves by reviewing the book as they go.

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

Clues can help us make predictions! Students will read a story about Molly, find the clues, and use those clues to predict what Molly will do next.

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

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.

Identify three facts from a work of nonfiction, then draw a picture and write a caption for each.

Ready for Halloween? Here's Noppera Bo, a terrifying folk tale from Japan, to help you celebrate.

This coloring page features the Chimera from Greek mythology. It has the head of a goat, the body of a lion, and a tail of a snake!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

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

Election season is here, so pull out the crayons and let your future voter dive into the world of politics.

Inspire your students to create a story using elements of fictional text! Budding writers will choose from the list of characters, settings, problems, and transition frames to help jump-start the creative process.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Close Reading Strategy.

Practice making story comparisons and inferences with the help of this useful organizer.

Would you decorate your Christmas tree with spider webs? Learn a wacky Christmas fun fact as you reflect on holiday traditions.

The Nutcracker story tells the tale of a girl who discovers some Christmas magic. Color in The Nutcracker story with your child and make your own holiday book.

How are Little Red Riding Hood and the Big, Bad Wolf different? Do they share any similarities? Challenge your young readers to hone their reading comprehension skills as they compare and contrast characters in a book or story with this Venn diagram works

Read part two of this classic tale by the Brothers Grimm! Enjoy a fun fairy tale series where your child can color in the illustrations herself.

Read page 4 of the beloved tale "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, abridged for younger readers.

Here is the ending to the Grimm brothers' version of Rapunzel, adapted for kids! Compare and contrast this ending with the sunnier alternate conclusion.

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!

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

Your child can make her own storybook with this series of Japanese folktale coloring pages!

Reinforce grammar and comprehension as you support your students in understanding the elements of a fictional text! In this activity, students will practice identifying verbs and rewriting the beloved story of "The Frog Prince" in their own words.