Empress Wu Zetian ruled China when the western world was in the Dark Ages. This 2nd grade worksheet that balances history with reading comprehension skills.

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.

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

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

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

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts. This graphic organizer will help your students organize the important information from two informational texts on the same topic.

Meet the legendary John Henry, a famous character from a classic tall tale! Learn the difference between fact and fiction with this fun reading sheet.

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

Find out more about the role of rhythm in poetry with this worksheet that uses "Casey at the Bat" for practice.

Science fiction is a hugely popular genre of books, movies and TV shows. Read this worksheet to get a taste of some of the originators of sci-fi.

Everyone gets to be a movie maker! Use this resource with your students as they practice visualizing. As they make a movie in their mind, they will create illustrations to accompany a text.

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.

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

Neverland: an imaginary place where your child never grows up. Have him read this passage from the story of Peter Pan and draw his own Neverland.

The "Somebody Wanted But So Then" reading strategy is a great way to help kids identify the key elements of a story. Students will use this easy format to begin summarizing a story of your choice in this fun treasure map-themed worksheet!

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!

Young readers practice close reading as they learn about black bears in this literacy worksheet.

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

Get to know nonfiction text features! Use this resource with your class to compare nonfiction text features for same-topic selections. This resource goes along with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Learn about first Lady Dolley Madison with this history worksheet, complete with some reading comprehension exercises.

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

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

Get caught up in the drama of "Casey at the Bat" with this reader's theater script.

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.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.

Children learn about Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner, a record-breaking silver and gold medalist in track and field, in this sports biography worksheet.

Students will use sentence frames to cite quotes from nonfiction texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

This activity, complete with sentence frames and a word bank with key words and phrases, can be used to assist those students who need extra support with writing a response.