Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Have a fun storytelling session in the spirit of Christmas! Cozy up with your little reader to enjoy "The Elves and the Shoemaker".

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What's the Moral?

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Answering "Why" Questions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Nonfiction Details.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Read page six from The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. Read about the nightingale's life in the palace, and color in the illustration.

Continue the illustrated story of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Find out what happens to the elves and the shoemaker in the final page of this classic story by the Brothers Grimm.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: A Simple Summary.

Its time to write to Santa! If your child is ready with his Christmas wish list, then here is a festive template he can use to write it all out.

Read this final page of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. Be sure to color in the illustration to complete the story!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: A Simple Summary.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Text Connections.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Settings.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Verbs that Show Character Action.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

What will happen to Ebenezer Scrooge? Enjoy one of the most well-known Christmas stories with your little reader.

In what literary genre does Alice in Wonderland lie? Read this passage and see if you can use the clues in it to decide for yourself.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: A Script with Adverbs.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Describe Character Actions in Order.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: What's the Moral?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Draw Beginning, Middle, and End.

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.

In page two of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, the reader sees the nightingale singing in the palace gardens. Read and color this worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences and Introductory Phrases.

It's up to your 2nd grader to make a story based on a prince, a princess and two huge grins. Try story elements like setting, background and a problem.

Is your child having trouble navigating the rough waters of reading? Hand her this worksheet about some Olympic events: canoeing and kayaking.