Review the classic American tall tales with this character map! Use your knowledge of setting in a story to show where each of these tall tales originated.

Mary Lou Retton tumbled into America's heart in the 1988 Olympics. Read about her Olympic victories in this worksheet, then complete a short reading exercise.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn to Compare and Contrast.

Use this handy story map to help students organize the events and lessons in the fables and folktales they read.

Procedural texts are a great way to engage students in reading nonfiction. This worksheet has students writing their own how-to texts.

Fill in the New Year's Eve story with pictures instead of words.

Writing to a penpal is a great way for your child to connect with kids in other parts of the world. Help him write back to Rahul about his own life in the U.S.

After reading The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, complete this comprehension page to test your understanding of the story.

The Nutcracker story tells the tale of a girl who discovers some Christmas magic. Color in The Nutcracker story with your child and make your own holiday book.

How do different plants respond to hot or cold temperatures? In this hands-on worksheet, students will analyze two different texts, comparing and contrasting details in both texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare and Contrast Fictional Characters.

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.

Use this handy worksheet to help your kindergarten students make connections between the illustrations in a fiction text to the story.

Use this exercise to teach your students to identify nouns and associated pronouns in captions. Then, challenge them to create captions for illustrations.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare with Adjectives.

Take the monotony out of writing chapter summaries with this fun and creative alternative! Rather than writing out summaries, students will get to create illustrations and captions for major events from each chapter of their book.

It’s time to put your prediction power to work! However, no one prediction is guaranteed to be correct. In this worksheet, students come up with three possible things that might happen in the book they select.

After reading the poem, draw a picture of the two main characters.

Reading is awesome! It’s even more fun when you’re reading about subjects and stories that interest you. Help students find books they love in this fun activity.

Your second grader can use this Venn diagram to list traits of their favorite book characters. Help them expand their vocabulary with new, descriptive words.

Practice comparing and contrasting scary stories using conjunctions to connect ideas.

Support students to construct summaries of informational books by using the sentence frames on this handy worksheet. Your students will get useful practice retelling what they've learned from their nonfiction reading.

Does this shark look strange to you? Learn all about why his tail is so long with a fun and informative coloring page!

This Cinderella story map is ready to keep the details of a classic and beloved fairy tale in order. As your child thinks of who is in the story, and…

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.

This exercise is designed to reinforce the concept of comparing and contrasting two texts on the same topic. Your students will write complete sentences with the support of sentence frames.

Inspiration is a blank canvas! All we know about this man is he's wearing a frontiersman hat, so let your child develop a set of character traits for him.

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Help your kindergarten students identify the main topic and key ideas in nonfiction texts using this fun pet-themed worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling a Fiction Story.