Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

Engage students in reading before they even start! Students prepare for reading a nonfiction text by looking at the pictures in the book and answering a series of questions that get them thinking about what they already know about the topic.

Write a Christmas wish list with this template, waiting to be sent off to Santa! Your little one can even practice handwriting and building sentences.

Get excited about the holiday season, and get your little ones to send off their Christmas wishes to the North Pole, with a "Dear Santa" template letter!

Christmas is around the corner, and kids sure have a lot to ask from Santa! Here is a printable template to help your child send his Christmas wishes.

Help Santa out by making him a wish list. Have your child fill-in the blanks with this Santa letter template, and send the letter off to the North Pole!

Help your kindergartener craft the perfect letter to Santa with this great template! He can work on handwriting, and even learn a few new sight words.

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

Encourage students to make inferences by combining what they learn from a text with their own background knowledge.

This reading resource gives your students practice using text clues and background knowledge to make inferences about characters.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

During this pre-reading exercise, your students will rely on nonfiction text features and their own background knowledge to gather information.

We all want to learn new skills! This worksheet engages students in thinking about what they’d like to learn to do or make, all while learning about nonfiction texts.

Track first impressions of a text and kickstart background knowledge using this efficient organizer. This resource goes along with the Picture Walk-A-Preview lesson plan.

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

Here is a great holiday activity for you and your little one. He can practice his handwriting and writing addresses for these home-made Christmas cards.

This candy cane stationery will surely get your child in the Christmas mood. He can use this letter page to write to Santa or to family members.

Is your child excited to write his letter to Santa? Here is a printable letter page, where he can write his Christmas wishes, and then color a picture!

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

Provide your students support as they work on improving their reading comprehension skills by creating a nonfiction text summary.

Children will practice active reading with this engaging template.

Have students record new words in this organizer and jot down what they think they mean.

Get this earth science worksheet that will challenge your child's knowledge of volcanoes and teach him some new vocabulary.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

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.

Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template.

Read the poem, then use the template to create puppets for a puppet show.

This template encourages thoughtful, engaged reading as children practice making predictions as they go.

Children keep track of their weekday reading with this useful two-page template.

Readers practice describing fictional characters using their own words with this graphic organizer template.