Practice comparing texts that share a distinctive feature within a genre.

Fluent readers are able to derive meaning from the text and make connections! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them share how it connects to other books they've read.

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. This activity will get students talking, listening, and writing! They'll take turns sharing about the book they've read before writing a summary of their partner's book.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

With this language arts exercise, students will find textual evidence and use it to support an inference.

This worksheet will enable your readers to examine several books in a series and compare and contrast the main features across the texts.

Can you memorize this poem? Can you draw a picture of it? This worksheet challenges your child to do both while getting a taste of poet Robert Frost.

Paraphrasing is an important skill for writing a research paper. Students can practice putting someone else's writing into their own words.

Help these poor kittens add up their mittens! Your preschooler will be learning the basics of addition and multiplication with this nursery rhyme math sheet.

Have your young reader describe and compare three of their favorite book characters in this triple-sided Venn diagram.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Learning About Literacy Concepts.

With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.

This is a comprehension resource for students to record their questions before, during, and after they have read nonfiction text.

What does it mean to have zero? Teach your little fisherman an important math concept with this nursery rhyme math sheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading with Symbols.

Thanksgiving readers theater is fun for the whole family. This Thanksgiving readers theater activity tells the true story of the first Thanksgiving.

This worksheet teaches students to locate key ideas, provide evidence, and make connections in nonfiction texts.

This worksheet gives kids a place to list all the books they've read!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Nonfiction Text Features.

Use this stop and jot reflection activity to assess reading comprehension. Your students will choose their favorite response to their reading and explain their choice.

If your child loves rhyming stories, he's sure to love this mini book about five little fish going off to bed. Color it, assemble it, and read it!

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop and practice reading comprehension by sharing about books they’ve read. After taking turns telling a partner all about their chosen books, students will write or draw about what their partner shared.

Get students excited about taking reading notes with this bubbly worksheet! This fun format can be used to jot down quick notes about each chapter in your students’ books, then used as a reference for complete summaries when the time comes.

Get to know nonfiction text features! Use this resource with your class to compare nonfiction text features for same-topic selections. This resource goes along with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Personal Timeline.

How many of our presidents can you name? Challenge your middle school student with this great series of match-up games, featuring U.S. presidents!

Use this exercise with your students as they work through the realms of realism and fantasy.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Buzzing Sensory Poems.