Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Poetic Personification.

In part two of "The Elves and the Shoemaker," the reader finds the shoemaker surprised to see fancy and freshly-made shoes in his workshop.

Have your third graders pull out their color pencils and learn about the history of fidget spinners. This colorful exercise will increase your students' understanding of nonfiction text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Help students get the most out of their reading with this super helpful question and answer tracker. Before students read nonfiction books, have them make a list of information they’d like to learn. As they read, have students track the information on thi

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect Structure.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Sharing Facts from Nonfiction.

Give your wild child this werewolf story to read this Halloween. He'll have a spooky story to share with friends, and get some reading practice, too!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Fictional Text.

This worksheet teaches kids the importance of notetaking while reading using the shape of a well-known object: a tree!

About 14 million people visit the historic city of Berlin each year. Give your students the opportunity to study and share historic facts and places in Germany's capital with this brochure exercise.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Citing Inferences.

In A Christmas Carol, setting plays a big role in the story. Learn about A Christmas Carol setting in this worksheet.

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

What's the best way to get to know a city? Play tourist! In this activity, students create a travel brochure on the 2008 Olympic host city, Beijing.

Explore the most famous rock pile in the history of the world!

If you're studying The Wizard of Oz, take a break with this fun quiz on quotes from different characters in the book.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Distinguish Between Facts and Opinions.

Here is a great holiday activity for you and your little one. He can practice his handwriting and writing addresses for these home-made Christmas cards.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Summary Writing with Big Ideas.

Students will read an adaptation of the classic story "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen. Then they'll seek to determine the author’s purpose and explain their reasoning.

Enjoy Rudyard Kipling's story "The Beginnings of the Armadillos", where your little one will answer questions and enjoy some coloring pages!

Have a storytelling adventure with Cinderella! Little readers will love putting their own spin on a classic fairy tale.

Have your student read this story about two best friends, Cindy and Miranda. Then, answer the questions. Find out how the two girls handled the situation.

Practice comparing texts that share a distinctive feature within a genre.

Meet Narcissus, a handsome and self-centered demi-god who stars in his own tragic Greek myth.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.