Have students consider a character’s attributes and actions with this cute and memorable organizer! After reading a book, students will draw a picture and describe the characters. Then they'll summarize the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Use this passage as an opportunity to work on reading comprehension, and explore Aunt Em's character inside and out.

Read through this version of The Crane Wife and answer comprehension questions along the way.

Evidence + reasoning = an inference! This helpful tool will help your students add up the pieces to make strong inferences as they read.

Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Is the tale of Johnny Appleseed fact or fiction? Perhaps it's a bit of both! Introduce your child to a famous figure from a classic tall tale.

Give your child the tools to decide the difference between fact and opinion with this fun and simple exercise. In this worksheet, children will identify which statements can be proven to be true and which are based on a personal view.

Look at the evidence and practice making inferences with the help of this handy graphic organizer.

Have students use this worksheet during partnership discussions to ask and answer questions about a topic or text.

In this reading worksheet, just in time for Halloween, kids can read all about Fred Fisher, the star of Australia's most famous ghost story.

Study the contributions of African American jazz legends with this worksheet on master bassist Charles Mingus.

Help your child understand the importance of preserving the environment, with this info-sheet about an endangered species: the Iranian jerboa.

Did you know that people used to write whole books by hand? Learn about Gutenberg's printing press, an invention that revolutionized book-making.

Meet Charles Darwin, the man responsible for the theory of evolution and many other revolutionary scientific discoveries.

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

Kids will practice listening and speaking skills in this interactive vocabulary activity. Students will pair up and take turns responding to questions about difficult words they've encountered and what they learned by using context clues and a dictionary.

Learn about Jewish-American baseball player Sandy Koufax, a baseball legend who's considered one of the greatest Jewish-American athletes in history.

Use this paragraph frame worksheet to support ELs as they navigate through the process of retelling text using transition words. This template can be used as a scaffold for any fictional text in the classroom!

Learn to identify first, second, and third person perspective in writing!

Kids who are just starting to read nonfiction can get their feet wet with this easy Julia Child biography that has a quick comprehension exercise at the end.

A great way to introduce nonfiction to early readers, this Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz biography breaks down important information into readable passages.

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Use this resource to track what your student knows (K), wants to know (W), and learned (L) about a nonfiction topic.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Poetic Personification.

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

Kids will learn more about the meaning of a monster hoax and read about some of the most famous hoaxes.

Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman to be elected to Congress from the South, and was an inspiration to all involved in American politics.