Have some fun with haiku! Practice syllable counting and creative writing by coming up with funny haiku poems for April Fools' Day.

Want to get your kids thinking critically about what they're reading? This fruit-themed Venn diagram alternative will help students to compare and contrast two topics or books during or after reading nonfiction texts.

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.

Let your young reader review the book as they go with this personalized bookmark. Cut out the bookmark and fold it in half to spice up the reading experience!

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.

In page two of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, the reader sees the nightingale singing in the palace gardens. Read and color this worksheet.

Use this resource to organize questions in diagram boxes about a text or topic.

This Rapunzel story is missing some picturesâand in the wrong order! Test reading comprehension skills by arranging the events in the most logical order.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Prove It With Text Evidence.

For those who prefer their fairy tales cheery all the way, here's an alternate ending to Rapunzel that's sure to please. Compare and contrast the two endings!

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

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

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

Read the conclusion to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to find out what happens to Scrooge.

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

Color the nightingale in honor of the classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

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

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

This quick story of Captain Kidd brings pirates and reading on an adventure for your kids!

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

Read page six from The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. Read about the nightingale's life in the palace, and color in the illustration.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Continue the illustrated story of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Find out what happens next in this classic Christmas story, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Read page 10 of The Nightingale, by Hans Christian Andersen, and find out what will happen to the Emperor!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Fictional Text.

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.

What will happen next in The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen? Find out with page 4 of this illustrated story set.