Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

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

Find out what happens next with page 5 of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

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

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

Find out what happens next in The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. Your child can color in the illustration as she reads!

This easy-to-assemble bookmark offers helpful tips for readers as they encounter unfamiliar words and make sense of what they have read.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Have a fun storytelling session in the spirit of Christmas! Cozy up with your little reader to enjoy "The Elves and the Shoemaker".

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for the eighth and final part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

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.

Help your students find the perfect book for their reading level! In this activity, students will use the five-finger rule to find books that aren't too easy or too hard, but rather just right!

The Humpty Dumpty story cards are mixed up and don’t make sense. Ask your students to solve this case by cutting the cards out and putting them in order from beginning, to the middle, and the end.

Have your students practice finding the cause and effect relationships between two sentences.

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

Strengthen your students' reading comprehension skills with the fable, The Serpent and the Eagle.

In this worksheet, children read a classic fable about a man and his son who get too much advice!

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

Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

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