After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

Students will cite instances of cause and effect from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their fiction readings.

Students will cite stanzas from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their poetry readings and share thoughts, feelings, and ideas about the text.

Get ready for a ghostly reading activity! Here's a Halloween sheet that will teach your child all about ghosts and the history behind these spooks.

Don't lose your head over reading comprehension this Halloween...try it with Ichabod Crane and the story of Sleepy Hollow.

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

Tap into your students’ creativity by challenging them to create an infographic using content from their reading!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring with Visual Elements.

Every story has a turning point or two, and this worksheet encourages your kid to examine the main event in a book up close.

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.

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African-American jazz legend Charlie Parker!

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

Children will use their creative writing skills to continue the story in this fiction writing exercise.

Challenge your student's knowledge of the U.S. presidents with this series of match-up games.

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.

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

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

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

Science fiction is a hugely popular genre of books, movies and TV shows. Read this worksheet to get a taste of some of the originators of sci-fi.

Neverland: an imaginary place where your child never grows up. Have him read this passage from the story of Peter Pan and draw his own Neverland.

Get to know nonfiction text features! Use this resource with your class to compare nonfiction text features for same-topic selections. This resource goes along with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

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

Select a topic that interests you, then learn about it from a variety of sources, such as books, websites, and articles.

Learn some interesting history about some of the oldest, and longest, roads in the U.S.! Your child will learn about a famous trade route to Mexico.

Close reading texts from mixed media puts a fun twist on the usual compare and contrast. This writing worksheet guides your kid in examining the story's climax.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.

Students will use sentence frames to cite quotes from nonfiction texts.

If your child needs help understanding big ideas and concepts, have her tackle this helpful reading comprehension worksheet.

Learn more about Julia Morgan, the woman who designed her way into California history, and also practice reading informational paragraphs.