Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

The Tain, formally known as Tain Bo Cuailnge, is an epic from early Irish literature. Read The Tain for kids in this worksheet, and learn about its characters.

Get to know some tundra animals as you look for them in the snow.

Take flight with this ode to inventors! See the history of the helicopter, from its conception in ancient China to the modern vehicle it is today.

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

With this resource, give your students practice comparing and contrasting the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

Ever wonder why we hunt for Easter eggs? Discover how this spring holiday was started with this interesting look at the history of Easter.

These bookmarks will provide thinking frames for your students as they read, encouraging deeper thinking and strengthening comprehension.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.

Sail away to the exotic and mysterious Easter Island!

Engage readers with an exciting musical extension activity to be completed after they've finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry!

Integrate science and reading as students research and write about the causes and effects of certain actions in the environment.

Students will provide details of cause and effect events directly related to theme.

Use this concept web to teach your students about how to make inferences.

Learn about influential writer and art patron Gertrude Stein, known in both the Jewish-American and art communities for being a famous writer and collector.

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

Students will sort out sentences that reflect facts and opinions.

For your budding environmentalist, here is an information sheet on a well-known endangered species, the Komodo dragon!

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts.

Help your students think deeply about literature with these helpful conversation starters.

Have your child read these Peter Pan passages and decide what she knows about the Peter Pan character.

Learn about the Tuskegee Institute, an important site in American History. It was one of the first universities made to help educate African Americans.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Support your students in using introductory phrases to cite the text as they make inferences.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool trumpet facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Introduce children to Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a 17th century writer, poet, and philosopher, in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.