With a simple story featuring an elephant, pig, bear, and more, this little mini book is just right for beginning readers.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Predictions.

Engage reluctant readers with this fun video game-themed worksheet! Students will share what happened at each point in the book as they advance through each level of the retell game.

Students can use this open ended worksheet to practice making predictions using complete sentences.

With a simple story line and pictures kids can color it, this printable mini book is just the thing to get reluctant readers excited about reading.

After reading nonfiction books, encourage students to share what they’ve learned by writing letters to a family member. Students will use this letter template to share the name of the book and a detailed summary of what they learned.

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. In this activity, students write a summary—in speech form!—of a book that they read. For added fun, have them give their speeches to a partner—or even the whole class!

For each box, draw one event from this Mother Goose's Treasury poem.

Get mischievous during story time and read the story of "Rumpelstiltskin", abridged for your first grader.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Buzzing Sensory Poems.

Early readers practice using context clues to order a simple story in this appealing worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

Help your kindergartener craft the perfect letter to Santa with this great template! He can work on handwriting, and even learn a few new sight words.

Learn all about Sinterklaas (sound familiar?) and the fun traditions that kids in the Netherlands look forward to every Christmas!

Students become authors as they dream up the best book ever with this worksheet.

This set of picture cards can help students to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sharing Opinions About Stories.

Storytellers and chefs, here's a chance to practice sequencing from start to finish! How would you make a PB & J?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who are the Key Characters?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Going on a Picture Walk.

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop and practice reading comprehension by sharing about books they’ve read. After taking turns telling a partner all about their chosen books, students will write or draw about what their partner shared.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading Pictures.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Dictionaries & Definitions.

What better way to learn about characters in stories than to become one? In this activity, students take on the role of a character as they act out scenes with a partner.

Pretend you're spending the holidays in France as you discover the Christmas customs and culinary delights of a country half a world away!

This printable worksheet offers a space for students to record facts they have learned from a book. Recalling facts helps develop their ability to summarize reading.

The more books you read about a topic, the more you learn! This worksheet helps students compare and contrast information they learn from multiple books about the same topic.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk.

Use this Venn diagram to help your kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting characters.