E-mail is here to stay, but that doesn't mean kids shouldn't learn how to write a friendly letter.Teach your child how to write a letter to a friend.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

Children learn about the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., including key players and events, and how it contributed to the eventual passing of the 19th Amendment.

Read this chapter from the classic book Pinocchio, and identify the verbs and verb clauses the author uses to create action and set the scene.

This graphic organizer guides readers to complete a story map of their reading by having them record the characters, setting, problem, and solution.

During this reading exercise, students will work in small groups to look at various sample passages and sort them based on firsthand or secondhand accounts.

Children learn facts about dolphin's evolution, behavior, and physical traits in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Guide your students through the process of looking for text evidence and making inferences about the setting in this excerpt from The Secret Garden.

Young readers and sports enthusiasts will have a ball practicing sequence of events in this biography of Jackie Robinson. 

Introduce readers to the inspiring poem “Thanksgiving” by American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox with this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this resource to teach your students about the six most common words used to start questions.

Use this resource to teach your students how to use signal words as they explain the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional story.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Your young student will step back in time with this worksheet on the Ming Dynasty. He'll build comprehension skills as he learns some ancient history.

This graphic organizer will encourage your students to put together all the pieces of a strong inference and help them practice reading comprehension skills.

Make reading time fun, with this classic short story by Rudyard Kipling. Then, complete a few comprehension activities on "How the Alphabet Was Made."

After reading The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, complete this comprehension page to test your understanding of the story.

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

Use this worksheet to help your students analyze and talk about cause-and-effect text structure.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Common Theme Words.

The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

This Frankenstein worksheet is great for teaching kids about classic literature near Halloween. Use this Frankenstein worksheet with your child this October.

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

Evidence + reasoning = an inference! This helpful tool will help your students add up the pieces to make strong inferences as they read.

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

Explore the major themes of your reading assignment by making a book poster. Don't forget the tagline!

Use this resource with your students as they identify the different ways a character tries to solve a problem.

Understanding who is telling the story is an important skill for young readers. Use this resource with your students to practice distinguishing their own point of view from that of the narrator or characters.