Previewing text will never be the same! Students can use this resource to track key observations and revisit them to add new insights. Use this organizer with the Picture Walk-A-Preview lesson plan.

Calling all chefs! This menu needs a new sandwich item. Can you come up with a delicious and innovative concoction?

Learn more about Julia Morgan, the woman who designed her way into California history, and also practice reading informational paragraphs.

This graphic organizer will help your students reflect on important story elements in their fantasy texts, as well as focus on the key details of their stories.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Distinguish Between Facts and Opinions.

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

The silent film era featured creative storytelling techniques like miming and slapstick. Read and write about silent film era classics like Charlie Chaplin.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Information from Multiple Sources.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Who Is Telling the Story?

If your child is reading a novel for school, encourage him to draw parallels to the real world in this fun news scavenger hunt.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Fact & Opinion Statements with Adjectives.

Is your child having trouble navigating the rough waters of reading? Hand her this worksheet about some Olympic events: canoeing and kayaking.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing with Transition Words.

Mary Lou Retton tumbled into America's heart in the 1988 Olympics. Read about her Olympic victories in this worksheet, then complete a short reading exercise.

This activity, complete with sentence frames and a word bank with key words and phrases, can be used to assist those students who need extra support with writing a response.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring Character Motivation.

Does your child know where their toys come from before they're in the toy store? Get your student ready to research with this fun worksheet and activity.

Read page six from The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. Read about the nightingale's life in the palace, and color in the illustration.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Read more about the Florida Skunk Ape and one of the most famous encounter stories. Then, use your imagination to write a letter about the encounter.

Use this exercise to teach your students to identify nouns and associated pronouns in captions. Then, challenge them to create captions for illustrations.

Have your student read up on Jim Thorpe, an Olympian who is considered one of the greatest athletes of all time, and boost his reading skills at the same time.

Get the best of the season, and write your own winter bucket list! This is a great exercise for helping kids set and keep goals.

Use these picture cards to introduce your students to 16 common theme words.

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

Students will have some fun with reading eyewitness accounts of Roswell, and then doing some writing responses on the topic.