In this abridged Aladdin story, a poor beggar boy gets everything he desires with the help of a wily genie...but at what cost?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identify and Develop an Opinion.

Learn more about one of the most accomplished scientists of the 20th century with this worksheet about Stephen Hawking.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Inferences About Feelings.

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Steps to Make an Inference.

Can a frog really swallow quail shot? Explore exaggeration with this reading exercise on Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

Use this discussion guide to engage learners in meaningful dialogue after they've read chapters 14–18 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. 

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Signal Cause and Effect.

Use these discussion cards to get your students talking about the elements that are unique to the fantasy genre.

Learn about famous nonfiction writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Jack London in this fun worksheet, then try writing some nonfiction yourself.

Kids hunt for clues about a character's traits with this worksheet.

This worksheet focuses on creating a title for a list of details.

This worksheet introduces fifth graders to Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

Celebrate the season by reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Then challenge your young reader to fill in this graphic organizer chart.

How do the Sun and the Moon interact with the Earth, and how do all three depend on one another? Find out in this science worksheet.

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.

Learners practice comparing two stories with similar characters and themes in this reading comprehension worksheet.

In this inventive graphic organizer, children will fill in speech and thought bubbles to show how a character's words and thoughts reveal their traits.

Before your child gets started writing research reports, help them learn that not all sources are created equal.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to compare and contrast the effects of different weather phenomena.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Poetic Personification.

Students will note features of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts. This graphic organizer will help your students organize the important information from two informational texts on the same topic.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect Structure.

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

Not all reading comprehension questions are created equal: some are easily answered by reading the text, while others require looking beyond the text to make inferences. This worksheet teaches students how to ask both kinds of questions as they read.