EL students will read similes and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

Children are introduced to Tennyson the Turtle, a reptile who likes to use metaphors and similes, in this appealing worksheet!

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

Are you as quick as lightning? Learn about similes with this fun activity. Pick a simile and draw a picture to represent it.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Two Perspectives.

Students will practice creating sentences using both like and as, filling in the blanks with figurative language of their own.

Help students define and understand the difference between to, too, and two with this handy reference sheet!

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about a famous person. Learners will research an important figure and then write down two true statements and one false statement.

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

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.

Support students’ inference skills with this targeted two-page reading worksheet. 

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Learners will have fun honing their language and grammar skills with this fall-themed figurative language maze!

Students hone their ability to spot literary devices with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

Use this creative reading and writing worksheet to have your child make their own two truths and one lie game to share with a friend.

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

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

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

Use this resource with your students to practice identifying relationships between words. As your students complete the analogies, they will notice synonym relationships.

Decode common abbreviations in this upper elementary worksheet!

Learners return to "Syn City" in this playful word-meaning worksheet.