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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Asking Questions and Finding Answers.

It can be tricky to sort out different perspectives in a complex book! Use this activity to help your learner think about how two different characters feel about the same event or challenge.

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

Being able to identify when and where a story takes place is an important skill for young readers. After reading fiction books, check students’ comprehension by having them draw the setting of the story in this fun reading comprehension activity.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers.

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 Plan: Finding the Key Details.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

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 Details and Asking for Answers.

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

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

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fairy Tale Character Traits.

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Help your young reader hone his critical thinking skills with this worksheet that challenges him to write his own book review.

A Christmas Carol characters include Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and Jacob Marley. Learn about A Christmas Carol characters with this festive worksheet.

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

This fun worksheet serves as a great visual for your kids to organize their thoughts around the elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them fill out this handy slide graphic organizer with plot, protagonist, and antagonist.

Your second grader can use this Venn diagram to list traits of their favorite book characters. Help them expand their vocabulary with new, descriptive words.

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

Children learn how to identify cause and effect with the help of a friendly root vegetable in this playful worksheet.

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.

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: Exploring Fictional Text.