Did you know that Queen Isabella of Spain paid for Columbus' expedition to the New World? Read more about this interesting woman in history.

Kids identify information about characters and setting in this worksheet.

"The Scarlet Flower" shares many similarities with a famous Western fairytale. Can you guess which one?

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Children reflect on the importance of a book's setting as they design a travel brochure for a work of fiction they have read.

Teach your child history, science and reading all at once with this short biography of Marie Curie, a scientist and the first woman to earn a Nobel Prize.

With this storyboard, students will draw and write about events in a chronological order.

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

Go on a reading adventure with Sinbad the Sailor, a hero of Middle Eastern myth and a great excuse to practice reading comprehension.

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

Use this handy concept web to teach your students about ways to interact with text, including text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections that can help deepen their understanding of what they read.

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.

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

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts. This graphic organizer will help your students organize the important information from two informational texts on the same topic.

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

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

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

Use this worksheet to show how to compare characters’ thoughts and actions.

This Halloween-themed worksheet is designed to help students understand the goal of the Teal Pumpkin Project while also providing practice reading nonfiction and citing evidence in nonfiction texts.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Children read a brief biography of world renowned opera singer Marian Anderson, then answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

Think mom is challenging? Try the media! With this worksheet, your child can pretend to be president and answer the media's tough questions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

A great way to introduce nonfiction to early readers, this Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz biography breaks down important information into readable passages.

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

Jane Goodall has devoted her life to studying animals in the wild. This worksheet should spark an interest in research and recording in kids who love animals.

Get in tune with nature, and read a bit about an endangered species of animal, the Black-footed Ferret. Your child can color an illustration as he reads.