Emphasize student choice with this high-interest, differentiated word study activity!

Use this graphic organizer to help your students study new focus words or concepts.

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

Wriggle out your inner wordsmith with a challenging fifth-grade spelling crossword puzzle.

Prepare kids for fifth grade with this crossword puzzle full of new vocabulary words!

Watch Louis Sachar’s Holes come to life in the movie adaptation!

When your students complete this crossword puzzle they will be introduced to a variety of words that are commonly seen in 5th grade texts and basal readers.

Use this graphic organizer to introduce your students to a root word or affix of your choice.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Learners will use context clues to determine the correct homophone for each of eight sentences.

Help your students get to know a common suffix with this great graphic organizer!

Help your students get to know a common root word with this great graphic organizer.

Help your students get to know a common prefix with this great graphic organizer.

Help your students get to know a common prefix with this great graphic organizer.

Help your students get to know a common root word with this great graphic organizer.

Help your students get to know a common root word with this great graphic organizer.

Help your students get to know a common root word with this great graphic organizer.

Help your students get to know a common root word with this great graphic organizer.

Help your students get to know a common prefix with this great graphic organizer.

Help your students get to know a common prefix with this great graphic organizer.

Help your students get to know a common root word with this great graphic organizer.

Use this survey to help students think about their opinions and reasoning for eight high-interest prompts.

Children are invited to plan their ideal Thanksgiving in this creative writing exercise.

Assess your students’ knowledge of the eight most common types of figurative language.

In this Halloween-themed worksheet, learners will look for errors in each of eight spooky sentences.

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Help your young learner improve her understanding of sentence structure with this sentence diagramming worksheet.

Make reading practice fun with this reading comprehension packet, based on Rudyard Kipling's "How the Camel Got His Hump".

Engage your creative side with this musical companion activity to a unit on Louis Sachar’s Holes!