With this exercise, students will think deeply about their reading by describing important events, asking questions, and making comparisons.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Analyzing Primary Sources with Past Tense Verbs.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

Read about this dry, warm biome, then review what you've learned as you play a round or two of this fun-fact card game.

Introduce children to the highest-ranking female politician in the United States in this Learning About Nancy Pelosi worksheet.

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

During this reading exercise, students will work in small groups to look at various sample passages and sort them based on firsthand or secondhand accounts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

Introduce children to Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a 17th century writer, poet, and philosopher, in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Personal Timeline.

Meet some legendary monsters with this fun match up activity. These mythical creatures all reflect a bit of the geography where they originated.

Find that formatting feature! In this formatting scavenger hunt, students will use nonfiction texts to look for chapter titles, subtitles, bulleted lists, and more.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Learn about the history of archery with a famous Olympian: Neroli Fairhall!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Poetic Personification.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Introduction to Charts and Diagrams.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Analyzing Primary Sources with Past Tense Verbs.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Text Features and Their Purposes.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Asking Deeper Questions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Asking Deeper Questions.

Celebrating the New Year is all about tradition, and it's different in every culture! Many common traditions are actually based on superstition.

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

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

Learn about these grassland biomes, then discover some fun facts about their animal inhabitants as you complete a matching activity.