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.

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.

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!

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

In this Court Cases worksheet, students read descriptions of five landmark decisions, then match them to their correct name.

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

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

This printable memory match game is a fun way to learn about five movie inventors and their innovations. See if you can match the inventor with his invention!

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

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.

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!

Help your young readers develop this important reading comprehension skill with this handy template that will help them learn to paraphrase any piece of writing by answering a few open-ended questions.

In this worksheet, children read Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Snowdrop, reimagined here as a drama.

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

After completing Jim Murphy’s book The Great Fire, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students continue reading The Great Fire.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

Interpret a charming poem about pet friendship in this reading comprehension resource! 

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.