Think back to your favorite tall tale characters and talk with your little reader about the different traits that made them hyperbolic legends.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Prove It With Text Evidence.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: A Script with Adverbs.

For those who prefer their fairy tales cheery all the way, here's an alternate ending to Rapunzel that's sure to please. Compare and contrast the two endings!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Understand Text Features.

Introduce your child to a fascinating new animal, the Baird's tapir. This is just one of many endangered species around the world.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Close Reading Strategy.

Neverland: an imaginary place where your child never grows up. Have him read this passage from the story of Peter Pan and draw his own Neverland.

Keep this organizer handy for your students to keep track of the chapters they've read and look ahead to the next one! Challenge your young readers to take their chapter summaries one step further by having them write out predictions for upcoming chapters

Reading is awesome! It’s even more fun when you’re reading about subjects and stories that interest you. Help students find books they love in this fun activity.

Your child can make her own storybook with this series of Japanese folktale coloring pages!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Reading fluency is so much more than just following words on a page—it's about finding meaning and making connections! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them share about how it connects to their own lives.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to reflect and re-imagine story endings with characters from their favorite tales.

Previewing text will never be the same! Students can use this resource to track key observations and revisit them to add new insights. Use this organizer with the Picture Walk-A-Preview lesson plan.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Read with Expression!

Read the conclusion to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to find out what happens to Scrooge.

Find out how the story ends in this final chapter of the Teremok folk tale! Have fun coloring together, and building your child's enthusiasm for reading.

Read a chapter and write a summary! Help your second graders practice their reading fluency while also improving their summarizing skills.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine narratives with characters from their favorite stories.

It's fun to share interesting facts with others! Get the fun started with this top five list.

Color the nightingale in honor of the classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Personal Timeline.

Identify three facts from a work of nonfiction, then draw a picture and write a caption for each.

As students learn to read independently, they’ll undoubtedly run into words they have trouble decoding. This worksheet helps students to reflect on the tricky words they run into and how they can decode them.

Cozy up for story time with one of the most well-known Christmas stories, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Get to know one of the most unique and colorful monkeys, the red-shanked douc langur. Read about why they are an endangered species with this info-sheet.

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

The more students read about a topic, the more they’ll become experts! Help kids embrace their expert status by having them recommend books to friends. They'll write a letter recommending at least two different books, sharing what makes each unique.