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In Timeline of Sonia Sotomayor's Life (So Far), third and fourth graders reference a timeline of Sotomayor's life to answer questions about her life.

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.

Making inferences using visual clues takes practice! Use this worksheet to help analyze visual elements.

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.

Students will use context clues as they select the meaning of words.

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

A fun game for students, book bingo can either be played as a game to diversify student reading or as a way to have students begin interacting and talking about the types of reading materials they enjoy.

Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.

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.

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.

Help students master summarizing using keywords with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

A rebus story is told using pictures and drawings instead of words.

Using this fun prediction practice worksheet, students will develop reading and comprehension skills.

Fill in the blanks of this Christmas story by using pictures that represent words.

Students will practice using pronouns to support their understanding of point of view.

Using paired passages on soil and decomposers, students will compare and contrast information.

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.

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

Using this worksheet, students will focus on creating a personal timeline about their life.

Practice finding and identifying text features with your second grader using this helpful checklist.

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

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 exercise to give your students practice using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.