Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Help your young students learn the importance of transition words in this fun activity. By filling in the missing words, students discover how transition words help structure procedural writing.

As students learn to read independently, they’ll undoubtedly run into words they have trouble decoding. This worksheet helps students to reflect on the tricky words they run into and how they can decode them.

Kids will sharpen their dictionary skills with this challenging guide words sort. By sorting a group of words into their correct dictionary locations, young readers will gain confidence and dexterity in their reading and vocabulary abilities.

As students read independently, they’ll run into words they have trouble decoding. Have your kids cut out these fun “tricky word” bookmarks to help them to recognize and record these words so that they can practice decoding them!

Authors use sensory language to make their writing more descriptive. Have your students consider the words authors use to create specific moods in this fun pumpkin-themed worksheet!

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ivan from The One and Only Ivan.

Use this resource to teach your students about the six most common words used to start questions.

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

Have students record new words in this organizer and jot down what they think they mean.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Multiple-Meaning Words.

Students can use this organizer to jot down the new words they encounter and also note what they think they mean.

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Repeated Words and Phrases.

Following instructions doesn't have to be boring. Start with a phrase. Then rearrange, add and delete words by following the directions very carefully.

Have your students record new words they come across on this bookmark and jot down what they think they mean.

Help students turn instructions for how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich into a cohesive piece of procedural writing. Using transition words is the key to successful how-to writing!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Exploring Sequence with Signal Words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Pictures to Read Words.

Enjoy a heartwarming, childhood classic, The Velveteen Rabbit! Your little one will love coloring these storybook pages as she reads.

The Three Little Pigs has story words unique to it, can you guess which those are? Help your child improve their vocabulary with this matching game.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Sequence with Signal Words.

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

Students will read a passage and search for signal words to identify facts and opinions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Pictures to Read Words.

Track the dots! Help your students learn one-to-one correspondence and how to recognize words as they read along with you in this interactive worksheet.

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

Use this resource to teach your students to identify cause and effect relationships in context by looking at the signal words.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying key ideas by looking for repeated words and phrases in a text.