Use this writing response to test your little reader's understanding of "The Elves and the Shoemaker" by the Brothers Grimm.

Use this resource to teach your students to identify cause and effect relationships in context by looking at the signal words.

Share some special storytelling time during the holidays. Cozy up with your little reader to enjoy "The Elves and the Shoemaker".

Analyze a short poem in this second- and third-grade practice worksheet!

Your students will love reading this classic fable as they seek to determine the author’s purpose and differentiate fiction from nonfiction.

Find out what happens to the elves and the shoemaker in the final page of this classic story by the Brothers Grimm.

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

How do events change characters in the story, or the story itself? Use this worksheet to review the concept of cause and effect.

Have a fun storytelling session in the spirit of Christmas! Cozy up with your little reader to enjoy "The Elves and the Shoemaker".

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Soak up the joys of summer with this fact versus opinion worksheet!

Introduce your students to two myths from different cultures.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

This is the third part in the classic Grimm's fairy tale, "The Elves and the Shoemaker." Share this story with your child during the holidays.

Read about exciting early cinema like The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station! Find out how mundane topics entertained and even scared audiences.

Get your students to ask, “Why did that happen?” Support them as they make connections between key ideas in a nonfiction text about thunderstorms.

The Ant and the Grasshopper story cards help your visual learner understand what happens in the classic fable. Kids arrange picture cards to tell the story.

Kids can demonstrate their understanding of what they are reading with this printable bookmark.

Children will use six question words — who, what, when, where, why, and how — to identify the problem and solution in a short passage.

Use this short fictional story about the ugly duckling’s new friend to help your ELs make predictions, summarize text, and recognize the importance of transitional phrases!

Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Fiction.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers.

Explore the sights and sounds of the prairie with this fourth- and fifth-grade reading-comprehension activity!