Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Asking Deeper Questions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fact or Opinion.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Nonfiction Text Features.

Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Enjoy part two of this classic Christmas tale. Your little dancer can experience the magic of the Nutcracker with this storybook she can color herself!

Draw a picture for each line of this nursery rhyme favorite!

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

Sing the classic song "Pop Goes the Weasel" while coloring in the matching pictures.

Visual and multimedia elements in fiction texts enhance the reader’s experience. Character perspectives, use of language, and creative text physical features bring stories to life!

Sing along to this fun worksheet that has children identifying the letter G!

Nonfiction books have a variety of text features. But they could sometimes use more! In this activity, students analyze the existing text features in a book and create a new feature to add.

Develop your student's writing skills with this character and setting worksheet. Encourage your students to use interesting adverbs and adjectives in their descriptions.

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African-American jazz legend Charlie Parker!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.

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

As students become independent readers, they may have questions about what they read. Instead of taking the questions as they come up, encourage students to write them down using this handy worksheet.

Explore alliteration in poetry by sniffing out repeated sounds in a favorite springtime poem: Casey at the Bat.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Use this resource with your students to practice one of the core reading strategies: determining importance. Support your young learners as they read, judge, justify, and defend their understanding of a text.

This shark is anything but fearsome, in fact, he's a bit adorable! Give your child a fun and informative coloring page, all about the whale shark.

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

Evidence + reasoning = an inference! This helpful tool will help your students add up the pieces to make strong inferences as they read.

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!

Build reading and vocabulary skills with a fun folktale coloring series! She'll color the illustrations and clip the five pages together to make a storybook.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

Practice comparing texts that share a distinctive feature within a genre.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

Young readers will pick a book and join a band of pirates as they guide them to find hidden treasure through the secrets of inference.

Learn all about the biography genre, including autobiography and journalism, and read some classic excerpts from its famous authors.