Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Read with Expression!

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Prepositional Phrases as Key Details.

Students will have some fun with reading eyewitness accounts of Roswell, and then doing some writing responses on the topic.

After completing Walter Lord’s book A Night to Remember, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Information from Multiple Sources.

Use these picture cards to introduce your students to 16 common theme words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elections and Conditions.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine narratives with characters from their favorite stories.

What do you in Ancient Greece when you have more money than you need? You build a giant tomb structure, of course!

These worksheets are all about the 180-degree rule, an important film technique. If your kid loves movies, then she'll love this chance to go behind the scenes.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Character Traits.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: A Script with Adverbs.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Signal Words, Facts, and Opinions.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Nonfiction Details.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool shrimp facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read chapters 5-8 of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

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.

Practice reading comprehension with "A Mad Tea Party," an exciting chapter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, then make it into a mini-book.

Learn more about FDR and his influence on the country in this biography worksheet.

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

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

If your child is reading a novel for school, encourage him to draw parallels to the real world in this fun news scavenger hunt.

The silent film era featured creative storytelling techniques like miming and slapstick. Read and write about silent film era classics like Charlie Chaplin.

Deepen your students’ literary comprehension by comparing texts within a genre.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing with Transition Words.

What's the best way to get to know a city? Play tourist! In this activity, students create a travel brochure on the 2008 Olympic host city, Beijing.