Learn to retell events in your own words with the help of this adorable story!

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Learn about the grasslands biome, then use your knowledge to unscramble the missing words of the paragraph that follows.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when using description.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when comparing and contrasting.

Paraphrasing is an important skill for writing a research paper. Students can practice putting someone else's writing into their own words.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

Use this resource to teach your students how to use signal words as they explain the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional story.

Let's make some nonsense! Using "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, a poem famous for its otherworldly wacky words, your child makes his own nonsense.

Your budding poet can practice determining a rhyme scheme in this worksheet. He'll identify the rhyming words in Rudyard Kipling's classic poem, "If."

Students can practice finding transition words using a sample text about the popularity of soccer that’s chock full of transitions.

This easy-to-assemble bookmark offers helpful tips for readers as they encounter unfamiliar words and make sense of what they have read.

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.

Help your child learn the "Wh words," who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.

The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

This activity, complete with sentence frames and a word bank with key words and phrases, can be used to assist those students who need extra support with writing a response.

Who is telling the story? Words like I, me, she, and he can help figure this out! Use this exercise with your students to practice determining who is telling the story.

Nonfiction books are jam-packed with information, which is why it’s important to read them more than once! This worksheet encourages students to reread nonfiction, summarizing what they learned with pictures and words.

Use this paragraph frame worksheet to support ELs as they navigate through the process of retelling text using transition words. This template can be used as a scaffold for any fictional text in the classroom!

This worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text. First students will read a short paragraph, then they'll answer questions using words from the text before rewording their answers to make them unique.

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

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.

Kids will practice listening and speaking skills in this interactive vocabulary activity. Students will pair up and take turns responding to questions about difficult words they've encountered and what they learned by using context clues and a dictionary.

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.