Help your child understand the importance of preserving the environment, with this info-sheet about an endangered species: the Iranian jerboa.

Students will read more about our very own American Loch Ness monster. Then, theyÃll cut out a picture of each and paste it in its correct spot in the map.

In this inventive graphic organizer, children will fill in speech and thought bubbles to show how a character's words and thoughts reveal their traits.

These bookmarks will provide thinking frames for your students as they read, encouraging deeper thinking and strengthening comprehension.

It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of learning how to read. This worksheet has students slow down and reflect on what they’ve learned, as well as what they’d like to work on next.

The Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy is a great tool to help students identify and understand story elements. In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own!

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

Using this worksheet, students will focus on creating a personal timeline about their life.

Learning how to figure out the trickier words is an essential tool for readers of all levels. This fun worksheet helps students practice using context clues and pictures to decode tricky words and improve their reading fluency skills.

This worksheet uses the shape of the sun to teach kids how supporting details come out of the main idea of a text like rays.

This great brain teaser challenges your child to unscramble president names and a riddle. It's a fun Presidents Day worksheet featuring Mount Rushmore!

In this retelling of The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese folk tale, kids will put themselves in the shoes of the main character and write a simple song!

Did you know mako sharks can leap 30 feet out of the water? Give your first grader a fun and informational coloring page, all about the mako shark!

Use this activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to write procedural texts. Students are prompted to write step-by-step instructions for how to do or make something of their choosing.

This book boosts reading and phonics skills and helps your young reader learn a few of the big question words: what, where, will, want, and why.

This worksheet teaches first graders how to write headings for informational texts.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Building Fluency with Punctuation.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn to Compare and Contrast.

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.

Is your child crazy about sharks? Give him a fun and informational coloring page, all about the great white shark!

After students read informational books, have them share and connect their learning by filling out this handy concept map. When they're done, students will have a fun visual representation of what they've learned.

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.

Circle the rhyming words in the poem, then color in the picture of the monkey jumping on the bed.

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.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.