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.

Have a storytelling adventure with Cinderella! Little readers will love putting their own spin on a classic fairy tale.

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.

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

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: Map a Story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fairy Tale Character Traits.

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

Read about why kangaroos hop on two legs, in Rudyard Kipling's "The Sing Song of Old Kangaroo." Your kid will answer reading questions and color illustrations.

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Focus on the Similarities.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

This graphic organizer will help your students reflect on important story elements in their fantasy texts, as well as focus on the key details of their stories.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Differences.

This fun worksheet serves as a great visual for your kids to organize their thoughts around the elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them fill out this handy slide graphic organizer with plot, protagonist, and antagonist.

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 these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Have your young reader describe and compare three of their favorite book characters in this triple-sided Venn diagram.

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Verbs that Show Character Action.

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

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

Cut out this cool bookmark to spice up the reading experience for your readers. Students review the book they're reading and keep track of new words as they go.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Similarities.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Describe Character Actions in Order.

Children learn how to identify cause and effect with the help of a friendly root vegetable in this playful worksheet.

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

Inspiration is a blank canvas! All we know about this man is he's wearing a frontiersman hat, so let your child develop a set of character traits for him.