Use this resource to teach your students to pick out character actions from the text as they answer questions.

Use this Venn diagram to help kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting events in a story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers.

Historic novels are rich sources of reading practice and this graphic organizer is a nod to prairie classics like those written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

Inspire your students to create a story using elements of fictional text! Budding writers will choose from the list of characters, settings, problems, and transition frames to help jump-start the creative process.

Bring story characters to life by having your students imagine them in real life scenarios. In this creative activity, students will seek to analyze their favorite characters by thinking about how each one would react in different situations.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Close Reading Strategy.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Verbs that Show Character Action.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Two Perspectives.

Use this glossary with the lesson plan EL Support Lesson: What Happened to the Bunny?

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Is It Little Red?

The Tain, formally known as Tain Bo Cuailnge, is an epic from early Irish literature. Read The Tain for kids in this worksheet, and learn about its characters.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Focus on the Similarities.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Asking Questions and Finding Answers.

Inspiration is a blank canvas! All we know about this man is he's wearing a frontiersman hat, so let your child develop a set of character traits for him.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Connections in a Fiction Text.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who are the Key Characters?

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who are the Key Characters?

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Key Details.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

Reinforce grammar and comprehension as you support your students in understanding the elements of a fictional text! In this activity, students will practice identifying verbs and rewriting the beloved story of "The Frog Prince" in their own words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Fictional Text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Character Traits.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Similarities.