After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, give students a chance to think about the significance of the symbols used in the novel.

After reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help learners make connections between the book and their community with this engaging extension activity.

Use this resource with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view in a text about a major historical event. Students will read a passage about the Tsunami of 2004 and determine the author’s viewpoint as they establish the

Learn about the Tuskegee Institute, an important site in American History. It was one of the first universities made to help educate African Americans.

Use this reading guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about the final chapters of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games.

Use this worksheet to show how to compare characters’ thoughts and actions.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Get to know some of the most famous larger-than-life characters from our traditional oral folklore with this tall tales worksheet!

Use this play planner to give your students a head start on writing their own play!

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

Students are asked to distinguish between first and third person narration as well as fiction or nonfiction writing.

What happens next? In this worksheet, learners will read a short fictional passage, then write and draw what they think will happen next.

Practice comparing and contrasting scary stories using conjunctions to connect ideas.

Your little learner can learn about the heroic Tuskegee Airmen as he hones his reading comprehension skills with this history worksheet.

The Civil Rights Movement: The Later Years worksheet, children read about the issues that emerged later in the movement.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Have you ever heard of Julbock, the Christmas goat, or Tomten, the gift-giving Christmas elf? Learn how to celebrate Christmas in Sweden!

Learn to separate fact from fiction with this comparative worksheet.

Use this touching worksheet to help your child with reading comprehension and storytelling skills.

Your young readers are sure to enjoy this story about Ralph and the discovery he makes on his walk. This worksheet will help strengthen your students' comprehension skills as they answer questions about the text.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Show kids how to sort fact from fiction with this worksheet.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

Little brothers and sisters can be annoying sometimes, but that's never an excuse to waste a perfectly good cupcake.

Use this resource to teach your students how to use introductory phrases as they cite text evidence in their answers.

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.

Use this fall-themed Reader’s Theater script to give your students practice reading fluently. Then, challenge them with reading comprehension questions about the characters and events.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Multiple-Meaning Words.