Read up on the real-life Saint Nicholas, a man who did some good deeds way back in the day, and see what similarities he shares with Santa.

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.

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

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.

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

Neverland: an imaginary place where your child never grows up. Have him read this passage from the story of Peter Pan and draw his own Neverland.

Learn about the climate, fauna, and flora of these high-altitude biomes, then review what you've learned with a quick sentence-matching activity.

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

In this retelling of The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese folk tale, kids will put themselves in the shoes of the main character and write a simple song!

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

Use this graphic organizer to help guide your students through the process of drawing inferences.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring Character Motivation.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Use this handy concept web to teach your students about ways to interact with text, including text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections that can help deepen their understanding of what they read.

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

This worksheet features writing prompts to help your kid think analytically about the story of Bridge to Terabithia and get the most out of the book and movie.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring with Visual Elements.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring with Visual Elements.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences with Sentence Stems.

In what literary genre does Alice in Wonderland lie? Read this passage and see if you can use the clues in it to decide for yourself.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Text Connections.

These worksheets, which cover social studies, reading comprehension and writing, teach kids all about the Great Race of Mercy.

Learn about one of the world's most mysterious pieces of written text, the Voynich manuscript, which has never been deciphered.

Ever wonder about those mysterious crop circles that show up in fields across the world? Engage in a fun conversation about this interesting type of geoglyph.

This reading worksheet teaches your kid some cool things about computer-generated imagery. She'll read about special effects and practice thinking critically.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Text Connections.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Citing Inferences.

Guide students in learning about supporting their ideas with textual evidence.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Steps to Make an Inference.