Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Your students will practice fiction comprehension while they read this short story about best friends and then make connections and predictions based on the reading.

Show students how vivid a well-written description can be and then let them create imagery of their own.

Students read about Yousafzai's life, then answer a series of thoughtful questions about both education and the issues they care about.

A fact is a true statement, while an opinion is just someone's personal view. Learn to tell the difference with this worksheet on facts and opinions!

You've never created a haiku like this before! Write a haiku and then draw a picture that brings your words to life.

After learning about a predator/prey relationship in the wild, students can use these organizers as a pre-writing exercise for informational paragraph writing. Students will use action verbs and adjectives to describe their predator and prey.

With this art-based activity, students will practice supporting their opinion with evidence.

This language arts assessment will provide insight into your students' ability to write an animal report.

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.

Reflect on the Easter holiday with a fun writing prompt. Budding writers will put their writing skills and their creativity to the test!

Read about the Wampus Cat, a famous Tennessee legend. Test comprehension as your child reads about some of the sightings.

Use words from street signs and billboards to create poetry. Pick four words, use one word per line in a four-line poem. Don't be afraid to get creative!

Young writers practice crafting interesting, well rounded characters for their stories with this character planning template.

On a dark and story night... Spookify your storytelling time with some scary story cards!

This exercise helps students pre-write their ideas in an organized way when faced with an on-demand writing prompt.

Give your students the opportunity to conduct an interview with a family member or loved one to learn about their meaningful traditions. They will ask questions about fall traditions, finding out about clothing, food, location, and the people involved. Th

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Sort out your facts with this comprehension exercise! Kids will learn to tell the difference between facts and opinions as they read each statement.

Got a case of writer's block? One great way to get started is to draw a picture!

Brighten your writing by learning how to build and describe great characters!

If your kid loves the book Bridge to Terabithia, he might enjoy its movie adaptation. He'll have fun reading and watching while honing his analytical skills.

A wonderful way for future voters to express their freedom and flex their writing skills is by penning a letter to a leader.

Once students have completed their first draft of opinion writing, guide students through a peer review conference with this checklist! Students will reread their own work and then a partner's work, checking for punctuation, capitalization, and more.

Families in the United States live in all different settings. Kids think about the similarities and differences between rural and urban life on this worksheet.

Use this graphic organizer to help your students learn how to write a fully formed opinion. This helpful worksheet breaks down opinion writing into three easy steps that will have your kids conquering persuasive writing in no time!

Invite learners to research Passover and record their findings using this appealing research template!

Recruit your students to do some research! Ask them to use a book or computer to find facts about everyone's favorite arctic creature, the polar bear.

Try a Chinese poetry style called wu-yan-li-shi, which hopeful immigrants wrote while waiting on Angel Island in California to be admitted to the U.S.

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.