Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.

Children use their critical thinking skills to make predictions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Let's Read It With Expression!

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

Use this resource with your students to practice one of the core reading strategies: determining importance. Support your young learners as they read, judge, justify, and defend their understanding of a text.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

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

Use this worksheet to help students make a prediction about a characters’ actions.

Get students excited about taking reading notes with this bubbly worksheet! This fun format can be used to jot down quick notes about each chapter in your students’ books, then used as a reference for complete summaries when the time comes.

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

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.

Your second grader can use this Venn diagram to list traits of their favorite book characters. Help them expand their vocabulary with new, descriptive words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Use this resource to give your students practice using a simple sentence structure to describe characters, setting, and events.

There's nothing better than a mug of hot chocolate! Your child can work on their writing skills as they describe how to make a great cup of cocoa.

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

What will happen to Ebenezer Scrooge? Enjoy one of the most well-known Christmas stories with your little reader.

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

Enjoy one of the most well-known Christmas stories, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Color the illustrations as you go!

Cozy up for story time with one of the most well-known Christmas stories, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Your student will read about the Mothman and then practice putting events in order.

You only get something out of it if you put something in! Have your child try five-part challenge, with the final goal being memorizing a poem word for word.

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.

Michael Phelps swam his way to success, as your young student will find out in this biography worksheet on one of the greatest swimmers in the world.