Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fact or Opinion.

The Humpty Dumpty story cards are mixed up and don’t make sense. Ask your students to solve this case by cutting the cards out and putting them in order from beginning, to the middle, and the end.

This fun worksheet serves as a great visual for your kids to organize their thoughts around the elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them fill out this handy slide graphic organizer with plot, protagonist, and antagonist.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

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

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."

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!

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!

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

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!

Want to get your kids thinking critically about what they're reading? This fruit-themed Venn diagram alternative will help students to compare and contrast two topics or books during or after reading nonfiction texts.

Mary, Queen of Scots, was a fascinating woman in history. Learn a bit more about her life with this history worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who, Where, What, When, Why, and How Questions.

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.

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

If your clever learner loves tangram puzzles, here's a fun worksheet to teach him the history behind the puzzle!

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.

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

Have your student read this story about two best friends, Cindy and Miranda. Then, answer the questions. Find out how the two girls handled the situation.

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

Children learn how to identify cause and effect with the help of a friendly root vegetable in this playful worksheet.

Have your young reader describe and compare three of their favorite book characters in this triple-sided Venn diagram.

Identify three facts from a work of nonfiction, then draw a picture and write a caption for each.

Read a chapter and write a summary! Help your second graders practice their reading fluency while also improving their summarizing skills.

Reinforce grammar and comprehension as you support your students in understanding the elements of a fictional text! In this activity, students will practice identifying verbs and rewriting the beloved story of "The Frog Prince" in their own words.

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

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.