One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!

Print out this minibook and use your imagination to illustrate a short version of this fun fairy tale!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Analyzing Primary Sources with Past Tense Verbs.

Meet the mythical Captain Stormalong, a sturdy sailor who's said to have conquered the high seas.

Use this reading comprehension exercise with your students to practice determining word meaning.

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: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Introduce young historians to Amelia Bloomer, an influential 19th century women's rights activist, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learners work on their evidence-based reasoning skills in this engaging nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

This prediction activity engages students in thinking about the skill of Ãpredictingà from a writerÃs point of view.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Use these vocabulary cards with the lesson plan EL Support Lesson: Sharing Ideas with a Friend.

If you're looking for an exciting genre, then mystery might just be the one for you!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

The silent film era featured creative storytelling techniques like miming and slapstick. Read and write about silent film era classics like Charlie Chaplin.

You only get something out of it if you put something in! Have your child try five-part challenge, with the final goal being memorizing a poem word for word.

Young students will practice sorting real items from the make-believe!

Using this template, readers will use symbols and words to identify the ways a character's actions, thoughts, and words change from the beginning to the end of a story.

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.

It’s time to put your prediction power to work! However, no one prediction is guaranteed to be correct. In this worksheet, students come up with three possible things that might happen in the book they select.

This exercise is designed to reinforce the concept of comparing and contrasting two texts on the same topic. Your students will write complete sentences with the support of sentence frames.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: What's the Sequence?

Find out what happens to the Velveteen Rabbit in part two of this beautiful storybook coloring series.

As students read multiple nonfiction books about a topic, they’ll begin to learn more. Help them organize their notes and keep track of the new information they're learning with this fun book-themed graphic organizer!

Encourage your child to read more by giving her a series of fun coloring pages that tell a story! She'll get to enjoy a Japanese folktale as she colors.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: We Read Together.

Learn about movie sound effects with this reading and writing worksheet. Your young movie fan will enjoy learning about the job of sound designers.