Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

Support your students in using introductory phrases to cite the text as they make inferences.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

You may not know of Dr. Jonas Salk, but your life has certainly been affected by him! This famous scientist created the polio vaccine.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Read with Expression!

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

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

While learning about literary genres, if you're suddenly being approached by magical little men and menacing monsters, you have been swept away into fantasy.

Read some dark excerpts from the famous forefathers of horror writing and try your hand at it.

Did you know that people used to write whole books by hand? Learn about Gutenberg's printing press, an invention that revolutionized book-making.

Learn about Jewish-American baseball player Sandy Koufax, a baseball legend who's considered one of the greatest Jewish-American athletes in history.

Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire for 63 important years. Students can read about Victoria's life in this history worksheet.

Learn more about legendary comedian Groucho Marx in this nonfiction reading sheet from our Jewish-American Heroes series.

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Prepositional Phrases as Key Details.

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

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Basic Fiction Summaries.

They don't make gardens like this anymore. More a combinaton amusement park and treasure trove, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were the spot to visit.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sentence Parts and Making Predictions.

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

If you wanted to protect an underground kingdom, how would you do it?

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

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Settings.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Use this passage as an opportunity to work on reading comprehension, and explore Aunt Em's character inside and out.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences and Introductory Phrases.

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