Help your students find the perfect book for their reading level! In this activity, students will use the five-finger rule to find books that aren't too easy or too hard, but rather just right!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop by picking books to read independently. Students will choose three books that look appealing and read one page. If there are five or less words that are tricky to read, they've found a book that is just right!

Reading is awesome! It’s even more fun when you’re reading about subjects and stories that interest you. Help students find books they love in this fun activity.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

How many L's do Mary and her little lamb have in her nursery rhyme? Kids find and count each letter L in the rhyme on this kindergarten reading worksheet.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

As students practice reading independently, they’ll run into tricky words. Help them learn how to identify which books are “just right” for their reading level by recording how many tricky words they run into.

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

The more books you read about a topic, the more you learn! This worksheet helps students compare and contrast information they learn from multiple books about the same topic.

Help your young writer prepare to write procedural books by filling out this planner. Considering each step of a process sets students up for success when writing how-to books.

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

Use this resource to track what your student knows (K), wants to know (W), and learned (L) about a nonfiction topic.

Meet some famous short stories with our set of printable mini books.

This open-ended reading reflection journal helps students to think about the books they've read.

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.

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

The more students read about a topic, the more they’ll become experts! Help kids embrace their expert status by having them recommend books to friends. They'll write a letter recommending at least two different books, sharing what makes each unique.

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

This helpful picture chart helps students identify the different text features found in the nonfiction books they are reading.

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Select a topic that interests you, then learn about it from a variety of sources, such as books, websites, and articles.

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.