Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop by picking books to read independently. Students will choose three books that look appealing and read one page. If there are five or less words that are tricky to read, they've found a book that is just right!

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

Get to know the letter D with this tracing, writing, and drawing worksheet! 

Find words that start with the letter D in this hands-on activity for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders!

Prisms, cubes, cones...oh my! Your students have 2-D shapes down, but how are they coming along in their mastery of 3-D shapes? Use this colorful activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to recognize and differentiate between 3-D shapes.

This worksheet will help your beginning reader with words that end with "d" and "b" sounds.

Your first graders probably have squares and circles down, but what about trapezoids and ovals? Use this great geometry activity to assess your students’ abilities to recognize and draw 2-D shapes by their name alone.

Triangles, trapezoids, rhombi...oh my! Identifying different shapes is an important milestone for young learners. Use this colorful activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to recognize and differentiate between 2-D shapes.

Find the words that begin with the letters B, C, D, and E in the alphabet word search. First graders will learn to read words beginning with these letters.

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.

Boost geometry knowledge and enhance creativity with this fun math worksheet.

The more books you read about a topic, the more you learn! This worksheet helps students compare and contrast information they learn from multiple books about the same topic.

Kids share their favorite books and practice comprehension in this worksheet.

Help your young writer prepare to write procedural books by filling out this planner. Considering each step of a process sets students up for success when writing how-to books.

Level up your addition skills with this fun worksheet!

Help students see how different parts of books work together in this fun matching activity. Students find the front covers, back covers, and title pages that go with the same books.

This worksheet gives kids a place to list all the books they've read!

Hooray, your students have written informational books! But have they also created a table of contents? Through this activity, young authors will consider the different sections of their writing as they add this important element to their books.

Children sixteen 2-D figures to determine if their parts are equal or unequal.

This open-ended reading reflection journal helps students to think about the books they've read.

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop and practice reading comprehension by sharing about books they’ve read. After taking turns telling a partner all about their chosen books, students will write or draw about what their partner shared.

Can your first graders tell the difference between a square and a cube? How about a triangle and a cone? Use this geometry assessment to gauge your students’ abilities to use attributes to sort 2-D and 3-D shapes.