This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

Invite your students to create a travel brochure about Mexico City and pull key facts from the informational text provided.

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.

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

Get your students excited about making text connections!