With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.

This is a comprehension resource for students to record their questions before, during, and after they have read nonfiction text.

Thanksgiving readers theater is fun for the whole family. This Thanksgiving readers theater activity tells the true story of the first Thanksgiving.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Nonfiction Text Features.

Use this stop and jot reflection activity to assess reading comprehension. Your students will choose their favorite response to their reading and explain their choice.

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.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Personal Timeline.

Use this exercise with your students as they work through the realms of realism and fantasy.

Have students record questions on sticky notes as they are reading, then they'll compile them all on this helpful worksheet before tracking down and recording their answers.

Is your child having trouble with reading comprehension? The wizard can help!

Help your students to visually interpret a scene from their book with this illustration worksheet! After students read, they’ll make the picture in their minds come to life by drawing their favorite scene and quoting a passage from the text.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Read with Expression!

Students will hone their reading comprehension skills while reading about the Loveland Frog.

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!

Complete the story by writing the main events.

This easy-to-assemble bookmark offers helpful tips for readers as they encounter unfamiliar words and make sense of what they have read.

Your second grader can create his own presidential seal by coloring in this fun printable page.

Challenge your student's knowledge of the U.S. presidents with this series of match-up games.

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

Use this organizer to dig deep when comparing and contrasting texts within a genre.

With this exercise, students will think deeply about their reading by describing important events, asking questions, and making comparisons.

Have your child try her hand at storyboarding in this reading comprehension sheet.

Children are invited to create their own works of fan fiction with this inventive worksheet template.

As you continue with page 7 of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, be sure to color in the illustration as you read!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Think mom is challenging? Try the media! With this worksheet, your child can pretend to be president and answer the media's tough questions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Asking Deeper Questions.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.