List your favorite movies that came out this summer, then write your very own reviews of the best—and maybe the worst!—of the bunch.

Read this chapter from the classic book Pinocchio, and identify the verbs and verb clauses the author uses to create action and set the scene.

During this activity, students will learn about Japan's capital city, Tokyo and create their own travel brochure.

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

Who is telling the story? Words like I, me, she, and he can help figure this out! Use this exercise with your students to practice determining who is telling the story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Point of View Pronouns.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

Don't forget to pack a to-do list in your back to school binder! This helpful checklist will inspire excellent organizational skills in your child.

Help your students take organized notes on a book, lesson, or video with this helpful worksheet. Kids will record facts they already know, what they learn, and questions they still have. Then they can paste their notes in their composition notebook.

Young historians get to know the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, with this history and civics crossword puzzle.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Fact & Opinion Statements with Adjectives.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Help students ask and answer questions as they gather information from other students.

How are Little Red Riding Hood and the Big, Bad Wolf different? Do they share any similarities? Challenge your young readers to hone their reading comprehension skills as they compare and contrast characters in a book or story with this Venn diagram works

In this retelling of The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese folk tale, kids will put themselves in the shoes of the main character and write a simple song!

Learn about the science behind one of nature's most awesome spectacles: monsoons.

Do you know what a memoir is? This worksheet will tell you and show you some great examples from famous memoirs.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool eel facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

What is it like to be an ant? After reading Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg, your students will know!

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool lobster facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Introduce children to American playwright Lorraine Hanberry, who was only 29 years old when she won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play for "A Raisin in the Sun."

Have students think about each character’s journey with this character-specific beginning, middle, and end story map. Students can complete maps for different characters, then compare and contrast!

Use this bubble map to compare two things in a visually-appealing way.

In this old Nigerian folk tale, a young villager ends up marrying a real bonehead. (Sorry, we had to.)

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn to Compare and Contrast.

In what literary genre does Alice in Wonderland lie? Read this passage and see if you can use the clues in it to decide for yourself.

Use this short fictional story about the ugly duckling’s new friend to help your ELs make predictions, summarize text, and recognize the importance of transitional phrases!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!