n this funny fairy tale, a brave young man has a few run-ins with some boastful ghosts.

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

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. In this activity, students write a summary—in speech form!—of a book that they read. For added fun, have them give their speeches to a partner—or even the whole class!

Children will enjoy looking at a familiar nursery rhyme with fresh eyes in this fun letter-recognition worksheet.

Use this short story with comprehension questions to help your students practice identifying cause and effect relationships in a fictional text.

Is your child having trouble with reading comprehension? The wizard can help!

Fluent readers are able to derive meaning from the text and make connections! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them share how it connects to other books they've read.

What happens before breakfast? After lunch? Help your preschooler sort out the concept of before and after with this matching worksheet.

Ready for Halloween? Here's Noppera Bo, a terrifying folk tale from Japan, to help you celebrate.

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.

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.

Find out how the story ends in this final chapter of the Teremok folk tale! Have fun coloring together, and building your child's enthusiasm for reading.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare & Contrast Pictures.

Writing to a penpal is a great way for your child to connect with kids in other parts of the world. Help him write back to Rahul about his own life in the U.S.

Children learn about Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner, a record-breaking silver and gold medalist in track and field, in this sports biography worksheet.

Read a simple tale about pirates and stolen treasure, then chart the story on a map.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Key Details.

You may not think drama and theater is its own literary genre, but it requires a whole different style of writing and storytelling.

Use this bubble map to compare two things in a visually-appealing way.

Children circle each P in this fun, tongue-twisting worksheet as they practice recognizing and naming uppercase and lowercase letter P.

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

It's fun to share interesting facts with others! Get the fun started with this top five list.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Predictions.

Use this resource with your students to give them practice reading a fable and categorizing sentences as either examples of realism or fantasy.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Character Traits.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who are the Key Characters?

Have students record questions on sticky notes as they are reading, then they'll compile them all on this helpful worksheet before tracking down and recording their answers.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers.