Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

Kids rate stories and share favorite texts in this worksheet.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to compare and contrast the effects of different weather phenomena.

Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the groundbreaking first lady known for her humanitarian work and for being the first U.S.delegate to the United Nations in 1942.

Let's make some nonsense! Using "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, a poem famous for its otherworldly wacky words, your child makes his own nonsense.

How well do you know the Rumpelstiltskin story? Hone comprehension skills with this fun fairy tale mix up.

Everyone's heard the story of the ugly duckling, but have you met his new friend, the beastly bird? Help students learn about the importance of transition words when telling a story with this fun tale of outcasts who become fast friends!

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

One thing every culture has in common is a set of folk tales and myths, and this coloring series features mythological creatures from all over the world.

Reading is so much more than just following words on a page—it's about deriving meaning from the text! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them draw and write about their favorite parts.

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

History students can learn all the first modern first lady in this biography worksheet, and can develop their reading comprehension skills as well.

Bring story characters to life by having your students imagine them in real life scenarios. In this creative activity, students will seek to analyze their favorite characters by thinking about how each one would react in different situations.

Give your beginning reader a fun way to practice reading comprehension with a classic story: "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin," by Rudyard Kipling.

Get to know some tundra animals as you look for them in the snow.

This worksheet introduces students to Jesse Owens, whose successes in the 1938 Olympics made history and paved the way for African-Americans in all sports and fields.

Continue your journey with Kolobok, the crafty little ball of dough. In part three, he encounters a wolf! Can he escape?

A rebus story is like a picture story! It's up to your little storyteller to fill in the blanks with the cut-out pictures on page 1.

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

Your second grader can create his own presidential seal by coloring in this fun printable page.

As students write stories, encourage them to add dialogue to their writing with this fun worksheet. Students practice both correctly punctuating dialogue and adding details to make their writing pop!

Learn about Jewish-American baseball player Sandy Koufax, a baseball legend who's considered one of the greatest Jewish-American athletes in history.

This is the final chapter of the tale of Kolobok. Famous in Russian folklore, this clever ball of dough finally meets his match, the fox!

The "teremok", or the little hideaway, is becoming home to many animals! Enjoy part two of this Russian folk tale, and help your child build reading skills.

Here is a writing activity to review terms and concepts from the Civil War era. Your child will imagine being a soldier in the war and write a journal entry.

Hang out with two seriously challenged love birds, the god Cupid and his human girlfriend Psyche.

Meet Harriet Tubman, a true American hero who devoted her whole life to caring for and protecting others.

Use this resource to help your students create questions about their fiction text.

Enjoy a classic Aesop's fable, retold through a short collection of coloring pages! Your child will love reading this funny story as she colors.