Get students excited about taking reading notes with this bubbly worksheet! This fun format can be used to jot down quick notes about each chapter in your students’ books, then used as a reference for complete summaries when the time comes.

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!

This rubric chart helps students to learn how to grade the quality of the caption illustrations they come across in nonfiction texts.

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

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

For October (or just for kids who love scary stories!), here's a great telling of Bancho Sarayashiki, one of Japan's most famous ghost stories.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Building Fluency with Punctuation.

Ever wonder why we hunt for Easter eggs? Discover how this spring holiday was started with this interesting look at the history of Easter.

This worksheet is all about the haunting at the Princess Theater. Kids will read eyewitness accounts and then write some critical thinking responses.

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

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

Here's a language arts worksheet that's sure to boost reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect Structure.

Use this resource with your students to give them practice reading a fable and categorizing sentences as either examples of realism or fantasy.

Students will learn about the sword maker Muramasa Sengo, read through the eyewitness accounts, and decide who the trustworthy source is!

Can you memorize this poem? Can you draw a picture of it? This worksheet challenges your child to do both while getting a taste of poet Robert Frost.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Citing Inferences.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Problem and Solution Practice.

Submerge yourself in the fascinating history of submarines! Your little inventor will get a taste of the early stages of this important technology.

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

With this versatile graphic organizer students have spaces to record information from their sources and synthesize the information in a central space.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fairy Tale Character Traits.

Have your student read up on Jim Thorpe, an Olympian who is considered one of the greatest athletes of all time, and boost his reading skills at the same time.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for chapter 5–8 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

This worksheet will have your students use codes to help them understand the meaning of the story.

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!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Practice making story comparisons and inferences with the help of this useful organizer.