Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

Use this creative grammar worksheet to give your child practice making sense of text message language and translating it into formal writing.

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

In this practice worksheet, children develop their punctuation skills as they correct five sentences and rewrite five more.

This exercise will get your students inferring the meaning of unknown metaphors.

Your students will infer the meaning of unknown figurative language examples by using context clues.

An anagram is a word that can be rearranged to create other words. Make an anagram by using the same letters but in a different order!

Introduce your students to the five parts of an effective argument.

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!

This pre-writing exercise introduces five parts of a strong argument, including counter-arguments.

In this worksheet, students will use context clues to help make sense of unfamiliar words.

In this worksheet, children will read five sentences, underlining the word that is an example of onomatopoeia.

Learners will practice identifying and decoding figurative language as they read and decipher five practice sentences.

Practicing poets can refine their sense of meter and rhythm with this worksheet about stressed and unstressed syllables.

Students make sense of literary elements like protagonists and challenges while drawing comparisons between fiction texts.

Young writers will practice identifying the five parts of an effective argument before writing their own argument.

During this activity, students will match a multisyllabic word to one of five R-controlled vowel combinations.

Encourage word sense, connotation, and wordplay with this creative worksheet where students personify a vocabulary word!

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Children write about how they would care for a pet turkey in this creative writing exercise.

Got grammar problems? Your student can practice his parts of speech as he diagrams sentences in this practice sheet.

In this Court Cases worksheet, students read descriptions of five landmark decisions, then match them to their correct name.

In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

This multiple meaning words worksheet uses context clues to help kids make sense of homonyms, or words with multiple meanings.

Children are introduced to five rules for adding commas to sentences, then then use what they have learned to add missing commas to sentences.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

This lunch time story is completely out of order! Can your child read each sentence and number them correctly so that the story makes sense?

Your digital native will read four text messages written in “text language” and practice their formal writing skills as they make sense of the messages.