Rootin' tootin' cowboys, gather 'round to hear the legendary story of Pecos Bill! Read this tale with your child, and see if he can tell fact from fiction.

Take a trip back in time to visit the temple of the Greek goddess of the hunt, Artemis!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Inference Making.

Learn about one of the most famous composers (and one of the first musicians to be known by only one name), Ludwig van Beethoven, in this biography of his life.

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.

Early in the American Revolution, the Patriots captured Fort Ticonderoga. Your young historian will learn the importance of this fort in this worksheet.

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Get in tune with nature, and read a bit about an endangered species of animal, the Black-footed Ferret. Your child can color an illustration as he reads.

Guide students to get the most out of non-fiction texts by thinking about their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know. When they finish, they can trim it to paste into a spiral-bound notebook.

Take the monotony out of writing chapter summaries with this fun and creative alternative! Rather than writing out summaries, students will get to create illustrations and captions for major events from each chapter of their book.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple nonfiction text features with this delicious index activity. Young readers will practice using an cookbook index to locate information about tasty desserts.

With this worksheet students will define the importance of play vocabulary words and provide examples.

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

Celebrate the contributions of famous Irish Americans with this worksheet. Read a bit about each famous figure and complete a comprehension exercise.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Children learn about Día de los Muertos as they practice finding and supporting the main idea in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

This Louis Pasteur biography goes over his accomplishments, and includes a bacteria-based science activity at the end!

Get to know some of the most famous larger-than-life characters from our traditional oral folklore with this tall tales worksheet!

Animal lovers, get acquainted with a very unique species, the okapi! Read this info-sheet to learn about why this animal is endangered.

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

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

Teach your child about an endangered species with this information page, all about the Forest Owlet. They can color as they read some interesting facts.

Use an open-ended graphic organizer to help your students identify the problem and solution in three stories.

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

Collect your favorite summer quotes from friends and family in this Say What? sheet.

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

Looking for a way to help kids keep track of the longer books they’re reading? Tuck this sheet into their reading folders! After completing each chapter students will use the who, what, where, when, why, and how questions to summarize their reading.

Students will sort out sentences that reflect facts and opinions.

Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

Return to school in the fall with a list of your best summer reads by recording them here.