Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Let's Read It With Expression!

Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman to be elected to Congress from the South, and was an inspiration to all involved in American politics.

With this worksheet students will define the importance of play vocabulary words and provide examples.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts. This graphic organizer will help your students organize the important information from two informational texts on the same topic.

Your students will get to practice their writing and oral reading skills while learning more about their classmates with this fun questionnaire.

Meet the legendary John Henry, a famous character from a classic tall tale! Learn the difference between fact and fiction with this fun reading sheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

Find out more about the role of rhythm in poetry with this worksheet that uses "Casey at the Bat" for practice.

Everyone gets to be a movie maker! Use this resource with your students as they practice visualizing. As they make a movie in their mind, they will create illustrations to accompany a text.

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.

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

The "Somebody Wanted But So Then" reading strategy is a great way to help kids identify the key elements of a story. Students will use this easy format to begin summarizing a story of your choice in this fun treasure map-themed worksheet!

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!

Young readers practice close reading as they learn about black bears in this literacy worksheet.

There's nothing better than a mug of hot chocolate! Your child can work on their writing skills as they describe how to make a great cup of cocoa.

Look at the evidence and practice making inferences with the help of this handy graphic organizer.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

Get caught up in the drama of "Casey at the Bat" with this reader's theater script.

Get students excited about taking reading notes with this bubbly worksheet! This fun format can be used to jot down quick notes about each chapter in your students’ books, then used as a reference for complete summaries when the time comes.

Children learn about Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner, a record-breaking silver and gold medalist in track and field, in this sports biography worksheet.

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

After reading a Christmas classic, The Elves and the Shoemaker , test your child's comprehension with this story map shoe!

Inspire your students to create a story using elements of fictional text! Budding writers will choose from the list of characters, settings, problems, and transition frames to help jump-start the creative process.

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

Want to get your kids thinking critically about what they're reading? This fruit-themed Venn diagram alternative will help students to compare and contrast two topics or books during or after reading nonfiction texts.