Students can read the origin of the strange creature known as Beast of Bray Road and decide whether or not they believe the stories.

Everyone's heard the story of the ugly duckling, but have you met his new friend, the beastly bird? Help students learn about the importance of transition words when telling a story with this fun tale of outcasts who become fast friends!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

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

Read a chapter and write a summary! Help your second graders practice their reading fluency while also improving their summarizing skills.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

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: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling with Paragraph Frames.

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

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

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: A Simple Summary.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling with Paragraph Frames.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

No snow? No problem! Read a story about two kids creating their own snow day in this playful reading comprehension worksheet!