EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

Use this resource to get your students comparing and contrasting information from two short texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fact or Opinion.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

Meet Harriet Tubman, a true American hero who devoted her whole life to caring for and protecting others.

This old Native American myth, The Raven Steals the Light, is the perfect story to spook -- but not scare -- kids this Halloween.

Children reflect on the importance of a book's setting as they design a travel brochure for a work of fiction they have read.

Do you know how to haiku? This haiku worksheet gives your budding poet practice with counting syllables and noticing the role of rhythm in poetry.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

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

How many similies can you find in this Christmas poem? Get into the holiday spirit with a holiday classic, "The Night Before Christmas"!

How do events change characters in the story, or the story itself? Use this worksheet to review the concept of cause and effect.

With this storyboard, students will draw and write about events in a chronological order.

Put a personalized twist on the old-school bookmark and your young reader will make the experience more fun for themselves by reviewing the book as they go.

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.

With this worksheet students will define the importance of play vocabulary words and provide examples.

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

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.

Find out more about the role of rhythm in poetry with this worksheet that uses "Casey at the Bat" for practice.

Everyone gets to be a movie maker! Use this resource with your students as they practice visualizing. As they make a movie in their mind, they will create illustrations to accompany a text.

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 exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

Young readers practice close reading as they learn about black bears in this literacy worksheet.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Get caught up in the drama of "Casey at the Bat" with this reader's theater script.

Children learn about Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner, a record-breaking silver and gold medalist in track and field, in this sports biography worksheet.

What is it like to be an ant? After reading Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg, your students will know!

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.

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.

Use this handy story map to help students organize the events and lessons in the fables and folktales they read.