Use this awesome story mountain template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. Students will use this activity to organize their thoughts about the beginning, problem, climax, solution, and ending of a story.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

Use this worksheet to help your students analyze and talk about cause-and-effect text structure.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, children read a fable of a man, a boy, and a donkey who are headed to market, and the advice they get along the way!

Learn more about molecules and how they comprise the air all around us in this intro-to-earth-science worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who, Where, What, When, Why, and How Questions.

This informative and inspiring worksheet will have your students compare and contrast two athletes who have been instrumental in changing the world of women’s sports!

Noun phrases can give readers important information about the characters and settings of a story. This worksheet will help your students identify noun phrases that describe characters and settings in fictional texts.

Everyone loves this silly classic! Read the poem, then answer a question at the end.

Challenge your middle school student with a quiz about the Civil War! They'll answer questions about important people and places in the Civil War.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to use information from multiple sources about coral reefs.

Your students will practice fiction comprehension while they read this short story about best friends and then make connections and predictions based on the reading.

Students will answer questions about a nonfiction text and find quotes to support their answers.

After reading the next few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, engage students in discussion with this two-page guide!

Get some cool facts about geckos on our reading and writing worksheet! Your little one is sure to be tickled by all the curious facts about geckos.

Prepare students for reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with these research and reflection prompts!

When paired with two types of nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between the text features of printed text and electronic text.

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.

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapters 1–8 of Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water.

Count the syllables in the limericks in this poetry worksheet!

Young readers practice close reading as they learn about black bears in this literacy worksheet.

The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

Help your students to process and retain the information they learn from watching videos with this handy worksheet. Students will consider their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know.

Here's a famous story from Norse mythology that involves him, Loki, and their adventures in the land of the giants.

Children learn the inspiring life story of historical hero Frederick Douglass, who rose from slavery to become a preeminent leader of the abolitionist movement, in this worksheet.

How was writing first invented? Find out by reading this delightful story by Rudyard Kipling, "How the First Letter was Written."

Rootin' tootin' cowboys, gather 'round to hear the legendary story of Pecos Bill! Read this tale with your child, and see if he can tell fact from fiction.

Use this resource with your students as they identify the different ways a character tries to solve a problem.

Children will read this Reader's Theater script, then answer questions designed to support their understanding of the characters, story, and message of the play.