Use this reading strategy to help your students along in their reading comprehension skills. Students will respond to literature with Stop & Jots, with or without sticky notes.

Guide students to get the most out of non-fiction texts by thinking about their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know. When they finish, they can trim it to paste into a spiral-bound notebook.

Writing nonfiction can be a daunting task for newbies, but this note-taking sheet contains helpful prompts that keep your young writer on track.

Help your child tap into this fictional attraction by sharing about their favorite character with a pen pal! Your young reader will use this fun postcard template to describe their favorite character, including their favorite piece of dialogue.

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.

Young readers will enjoy reflecting on a recent book with this engaging template.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

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

Help your child understand how conflicts factor into plots with this inventive reading and writing worksheet.

Help your 2nd grader compare and contrast their own traits to their favorite book character's traits with this graphic organizer.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Conclude a Story.

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

Use analysis skills to better understand your favorite character in this worksheet!

Don’t just read nonfiction—learn from and engage with it in this graphic organizer!

Review and record the elements of a story in this first- and second-grade worksheet!