Michael Phelps swam his way to success, as your young student will find out in this biography worksheet on one of the greatest swimmers in the world.

Help students reflect on chapters 9–12 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

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

The Underground Railroad aided thousands of enslaved Americans on the road to freedom. Students will learn about the leaders of this movement.

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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!