Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

Reading nonfiction can be tricky, whether read individually or as a group. Young readers will be asked to match common text features to the correct illustrated features in this tree-themed activity.

Get this earth science worksheet that will challenge your child's knowledge of volcanoes and teach him some new vocabulary.

Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

This tree anatomy worksheet will give your little naturalist a better understanding of the parts that make up a tree.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple non-fiction text features with this table of contents activity. Young readers will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about chameleons.

Use this exercise to teach your students how to gain information from the text and the text features to better understand a topic.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Oh no, this story has gotten all jumbled! Practice recognizing story order by putting these panels back together.

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.

This resource helps your EL students identify and explain charts, graphs, and diagrams.

Want to meet a real-life Mulan? Read up on Deborah Sampson, a barrier-breaking woman who fought for equality in the armed forces.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple nonfiction text features with this delicious index activity. Young readers will practice using an cookbook index to locate information about tasty desserts.

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

Searching for a worksheet that will help your child practice their reading skills? This printable uses life science as a background to help young readers.

In Timeline of Sonia Sotomayor's Life (So Far), third and fourth graders reference a timeline of Sotomayor's life to answer questions about her life.

These pictures have a lot to say! The animals in this worksheet don't talkÃbut they can tell you a lot about what they're like by the way they look.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

This worksheet guides second graders in previewing a text using the title, table of contents, and graphics.

Learn some of the common Morse code prosigns with this fun activity!

Use this exercise to teach your students to identify nouns and associated pronouns in captions. Then, challenge them to create captions for illustrations.

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.

Dictionary skills are an important part of learning to read and write. Help your little learner understand the different parts of a dictionary entry.

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.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.

Help your students to visually interpret a scene from their book with this illustration worksheet! After students read, they’ll make the picture in their minds come to life by drawing their favorite scene and quoting a passage from the text.

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

In this worksheet, students choose a nonfiction text and practice their illustration and caption writing skills.