Engage students in reading by having them share books with peers. Students prepare for giving a book talk in which they'll describe what happens in the book, their favorite part, and whether or not they would recommend the book to a friend.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Parts of a Book.

Get ready to read! Set students up for success by showing them how to preview texts before reading. Young readers are challenged to predict what the book is about using the title and illustrations before diving into the story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Parts of a Book.

Not only does this mini story book boost reading and phonics skills, kids get to color it in and put it together themselves.

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

It’s fun to learn about books with friends! One of the best ways to get motivated to read is to get book recommendations. This worksheet helps students do just that in the format of a friendly letter.

Packed with reading practice and big on cute, this mini book is sure to get your kindergartener in the reading mood.

Help your students take organized notes on a book, lesson, or video with this helpful worksheet. Kids will record facts they already know, what they learn, and questions they still have. Then they can paste their notes in their composition notebook.

Boost your kindergartener's reading confidence with this cute seesaw story book that she can color and assemble herself.

Rhyming words are great for boosting phonics knowledge and teaching word families. This little make-it-yourself story book is packed with fun animal rhymes.

This book boosts reading and phonics skills and helps your young reader learn a few of the big question words: what, where, will, want, and why.

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

This little story book that kids can cut out and make themselves is just the thing to get kindergarteners excited about learning how to read.

If your child loves rhyming stories, he's sure to love this mini book about five little fish going off to bed. Color it, assemble it, and read it!

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.

The more students read about a topic, the more they’ll become experts! Help kids embrace their expert status by having them recommend books to friends. They'll write a letter recommending at least two different books, sharing what makes each unique.

As students practice reading independently, they’ll run into tricky words. Help them learn how to identify which books are “just right” for their reading level by recording how many tricky words they run into.

Young learners will enjoy coloring, tracing, and assembling this sweet story with a cast of friendly animals.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

Tuck this chapter summary chart into reading workshop folders to help students keep track of longer chapter books. When they finish the book, have them look back at this to create a whole-book summary!

Help students to retell information they’ve read in informational books with this helpful worksheet. Students will choose four pages from their nonfiction book to summarize, writing their sentences in the pages of the fun book graphic.

Teach kids the art of book recommendations with this fill-in-the-blank worksheet.

This printable book all about a pig will encourage kindergarteners to read along with the story.

Students learn to retell familiar stories by sharing about one of their favorite books. Students will share important details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. This activity will get students talking, listening, and writing! They'll take turns sharing about the book they've read before writing a summary of their partner's book.