Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Real or Not?

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

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.

Teach your child all the different uses for language in the real world, or at least four of the most basic: newspapers, phone books, store signs and menus.

Students will learn how to read a chart of real mountain elevations and answer questions based on this worksheet.

Start developing your preschooler's reading skills with this fun game. Have him read each clue (or you can read to him) and match it with a picture.

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!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare and Contrast Fictional Characters.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Signal Cause and Effect.

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.

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Dictionaries & Definitions.

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!

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.

Pretend you're spending the holidays in France as you discover the Christmas customs and culinary delights of a country half a world away!

Have you ever heard of Julbock, the Christmas goat, or Tomten, the gift-giving Christmas elf? Learn how to celebrate Christmas in Sweden!

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