Encourage students to make inferences by combining what they learn from a text with their own background knowledge.

Have students use this worksheet during partnership discussions to ask and answer questions about a topic or text.

Learn about the science behind one of nature's most awesome spectacles: monsoons.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts on the same topic.

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

There are many animals around the world whose lives or homes are threatened. Read about an endangered species from Africa with this info-sheet

Study the contributions of African American jazz legends with this worksheet on master bassist Charles Mingus.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

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

One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!

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

In what literary genre does Alice in Wonderland lie? Read this passage and see if you can use the clues in it to decide for yourself.

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

This worksheet is a quick-reference tool of space vocabulary for kids, with an exercise to use the words properly in provided sentences.

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

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

Learn to work with primary sources by decoding the names, facts, and numbers in old memoirs, interviews and records.

Introduce your student to an endangered species, Przewalski's horse, with this information sheet. They can color the illustration as they read.

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

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.

Florence Nightingale revolutionized nursing. Your little historian can learn about Florence's life in this biography worksheet.

These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.

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

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

During this activity, students will create cause and effect comic strips complete with captions, pictures, and speech and sound effect bubbles.

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

History students can learn all the first modern first lady in this biography worksheet, and can develop their reading comprehension skills as well.

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.