Enjoy Rudyard Kipling's story "The Beginnings of the Armadillos", where your little one will answer questions and enjoy some coloring pages!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to compare and contrast the effects of different weather phenomena.

Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the groundbreaking first lady known for her humanitarian work and for being the first U.S.delegate to the United Nations in 1942.

Let's make some nonsense! Using "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, a poem famous for its otherworldly wacky words, your child makes his own nonsense.

Everyone's heard the story of the ugly duckling, but have you met his new friend, the beastly bird? Help students learn about the importance of transition words when telling a story with this fun tale of outcasts who become fast friends!

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

One thing every culture has in common is a set of folk tales and myths, and this coloring series features mythological creatures from all over the world.

Enjoy a heartwarming, childhood classic, The Velveteen Rabbit! Your little one will love coloring these storybook pages as she reads.

History students can learn all the first modern first lady in this biography worksheet, and can develop their reading comprehension skills as well.

Give your beginning reader a fun way to practice reading comprehension with a classic story: "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin," by Rudyard Kipling.

Get to know some tundra animals as you look for them in the snow.

This worksheet introduces students to Jesse Owens, whose successes in the 1938 Olympics made history and paved the way for African-Americans in all sports and fields.

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

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

As students write stories, encourage them to add dialogue to their writing with this fun worksheet. Students practice both correctly punctuating dialogue and adding details to make their writing pop!

Learn about Jewish-American baseball player Sandy Koufax, a baseball legend who's considered one of the greatest Jewish-American athletes in history.

Here is a writing activity to review terms and concepts from the Civil War era. Your child will imagine being a soldier in the war and write a journal entry.

Hang out with two seriously challenged love birds, the god Cupid and his human girlfriend Psyche.

Meet Harriet Tubman, a true American hero who devoted her whole life to caring for and protecting others.

Use this resource to help your students create questions about their fiction text.

This activity invites kids to explore Norway's history, attractions, and get to know its famous residents. After learning more about Oslo, your child will create a travel brochure and map of the city.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fact or Opinion.

You may not know of Dr. Jonas Salk, but your life has certainly been affected by him! This famous scientist created the polio vaccine.

This story starter is getting warmer! Read this version of the story of Helios the sun god, then have your child make his own sun myth.

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.

Students can practice finding transition words using a sample text about the popularity of soccer that’s chock full of transitions.

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."

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.