Use these discussion cards to get your students talking about the elements that are unique to the fantasy genre.

Empress Wu Zetian ruled China when the western world was in the Dark Ages. This 2nd grade worksheet that balances history with reading comprehension skills.

Students will cite instances of cause and effect from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their fiction readings.

This activity, complete with sentence frames and a word bank with key words and phrases, can be used to assist those students who need extra support with writing a response.

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

In this thoughtful culture and writing activity, children will read about each of the tenets of Kwanzaa, then reflect on what these mean to them.

Students will cite stanzas from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their poetry readings and share thoughts, feelings, and ideas about the text.

Use this graphic organizer to analyze a common topic and theme between fiction texts.

The Battle of Camden was a low point for the American forces in the Revolutionary War. Discover the errors made at the battle in this worksheet.

Help your young reader learn to identify themes with the Panchatantra story "The Broken Pot" a classic fable from India that has a moral lesson.

Our worksheet gives your Hobbit fan space to jot down similarities and differences between the book and film for a great exercise in comparing and contrasting.

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

Learn about a scary condition called Old Hag Syndrome. Kids will respond to the reading with some comprehension questions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing with Transition Words.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 26–33 of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Character Traits.

Making a timeline is a good way to sort out a story's events. Double the challenge by having kids make The Hobbit timeline, one of the book and one of the film.

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

Every story has a turning point or two, and this worksheet encourages your kid to examine the main event in a book up close.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sentence Parts and Making Predictions.

In this worksheet, children learn about the role art plays in the celebration and messaging of Earth Day, which begain in 1970 to heighten awarness of environmental crises around the world.

When paired with nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between two accounts of the same event.

Learn more about Julia Morgan, the woman who designed her way into California history, and also practice reading informational paragraphs.

Learn about first Lady Dolley Madison with this history worksheet, complete with some reading comprehension exercises.

This composition prompt asks kids to consider one thing they can do and one thing they can stop doing this Earth Day.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Information from Multiple Sources.

Get to know this towering wonder of the ancient world and discover the inspiration for its creation.

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.

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.