Use this handy story map to help students organize the events and lessons in the fables and folktales they read.

The Nutcracker story tells the tale of a girl who discovers some Christmas magic. Color in The Nutcracker story with your child and make your own holiday book.

Take the monotony out of writing chapter summaries with this fun and creative alternative! Rather than writing out summaries, students will get to create illustrations and captions for major events from each chapter of their book.

Your second grader can use this Venn diagram to list traits of their favorite book characters. Help them expand their vocabulary with new, descriptive words.

Inspiration is a blank canvas! All we know about this man is he's wearing a frontiersman hat, so let your child develop a set of character traits for him.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Creating Cause and Effect Skits

These pictures have a lot to say! The animals in this worksheet don't talkÃbut they can tell you a lot about what they're like by the way they look.

Valentine's Day isn't just about handing out paper cards and heart-shaped candies -- it's about showing your family and friends how much you love them!

Read a simple tale about pirates and stolen treasure, then chart the story on a map.

Join Joe and Kyla as they explore the Museum of Natural History. Read all about their adventure and then answer the questions.

Children will select a chapter book, then make predictions as they progress through the story, in this reading comprehension template.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

Find out what happens to the Velveteen Rabbit in part two of this beautiful storybook coloring series.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fairy Tale Character Traits.

Have students think about each character’s journey with this character-specific beginning, middle, and end story map. Students can complete maps for different characters, then compare and contrast!

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.

Help your students take organized notes on a book, lesson, or video with this helpful worksheet. Kids will record facts they already know, what they learn, and questions they still have. Then they can paste their notes in their composition notebook.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Practice making inferences about stories with the help of this writing organizer.

Enlist the famous Beatrix Potter in helping your child develop solid reading strategies.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

Students will get to track their own learning on a topic using this graphic organizer. First they'll write down thoughts and questions they have about a topic. After reading, they'll record their new thoughts and consider how their responses have changed.

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

How are Little Red Riding Hood and the Big, Bad Wolf different? Do they share any similarities? Challenge your young readers to hone their reading comprehension skills as they compare and contrast characters in a book or story with this Venn diagram works

If your kid is crazy for castles and knights, have her read Eleanor's biography in this worksheet. Enhance her reading skills with a short comprehension quiz.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Multiple-Meaning Words.

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

In "The Elves and the Shoemaker," the reader meets a friendly shoemaker. This Grimm's fairy tale is told through colorable pictures and kid-friendly text.