Introduce students to nonfiction genres in their school or local library!

Challenge your students to consider the author's intention of a piece of writing. Ask your students to read Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If-" and answer the questions about the author's intent.

A reading comprehension assignment with monsters and a wickedly complex labryinth? Yes, please!

Visual and multimedia elements in scripts and plays enhance the reader’s experience and give important directions for how to translate texts for an audience. Get your class analyzing scripts with such elements using this graphic organizer.

Children will practice using a text to create a timeline in this engaging worksheet.

Read this passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and get both reading and writing practice in one fell swoop.

Get an interesting lesson in science along with valuable reading practice with this Gregor Mendel biography worksheet.

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Florence Nightingale revolutionized nursing. Your little historian can learn about Florence's life in this biography worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.

Kids will be fascinated by these stories of accidents that turned into huge successes!

Celebrate the contributions of famous Irish Americans with this worksheet. Read a bit about each famous figure and complete a comprehension exercise.

Ready for Halloween? Here's Noppera Bo, a terrifying folk tale from Japan, to help you celebrate.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

Read Vasilisa the Brave, one of Russia's most famous folk tales, with your child this Halloween, then help her answer the comprehension questions at the end.

Learning to read chapter books and summarize the key components is an important skill for young readers. Use this handy guide to assist your child in writing about the characters, setting, conflict, and goals in the book they are reading.

Help your EL students will practice differentiating between big ideas and details.

Use this exercise to evaluate a fiction text and support judgments with evidence.

Help your student with reading comprehension, and enjoy a favorite short story by Rudyard Kipling, about a King, a Queen and two quarreling butterflies.

Learn some historical myths about gold with this worksheet, touching on the California Gold Rush, King Midas and Jason and the Argonauts.

The history of Valentine's Day is full of theories about how the holiday began. Read about the history of Valentine's Day with this exercise and activity.

Students can read the origin of the strange creature known as Beast of Bray Road and decide whether or not they believe the stories.

We all know the classic fairy tale, and now you have a chance to put your own spin on the story of Cinderella! Your kids can let their imaginations take flight as they add their own plot twists and illustrations to the beloved story.

Science fiction is a hugely popular genre of books, movies and TV shows. Read this worksheet to get a taste of some of the originators of sci-fi.

Get excited about going into nature as you read this passage about a camping trip!

Your budding historian can learn about the Buffalo Soldiers, the first African American military troops to serve in peacetime.

Help students reflect on chapters 5–8 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.