Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Before reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, help students build background knowledge about the story's setting!

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Before reading Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, use these pre-reading prompts to engage students in a discussion about key story elements.

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

A famous "tea party" took place on December 16, 1773, and it was not one that had tea cups and sweet treats. Use this worksheet on the Boston Tea Party to have your students practice relationship between a series of events.

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Use this resource with your students to practice relating to the text by making connections. Your students will practice making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections as they read literature or informational text.

Build your learner's logical thinking skills by asking them to connect pictures that show what came first and what comes next.

Use this resource with your students to practice connecting key events in nature. They will read about the water cycle and note the steps in order that they occur.

Help your students practice their informational reading skills as they learn about leafcutter ants!

Your students will find cause and effect relationships as they read about the night the Titanic sank.

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

Feel inspired to move to the beat with our reading comprehension exercise about Mexican music. Kids answer questions about the article in this writing worksheet.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Kids will be fascinated by these stories of accidents that turned into huge successes!

This fun sequencing worksheet will help your child practice putting events in order, which will prepare her for reading comprehension.

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

Students will make meaningful connections between an adapted story from Aesop’s Fables and the world around them!

In this language arts worksheet, students read a nonfiction text then represent what they read by creating a helpful chart.

Sink your teeth into some vampire history and lore with this playful Halloween worksheet!

Invite your students to create a travel brochure about Mexico City and pull key facts from the informational text provided.

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.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Engage readers with an exciting musical extension activity to be completed after they've finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry!

These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.

Use this glossary with the lesson plan EL Support Lesson: Wild and Windy Weather.