Make reading fun with this whale of a tale, "How the Whale Got His Throat," by Rudyard Kipling!

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

Empress Wu Zetian ruled China when the western world was in the Dark Ages. This 2nd grade worksheet that balances history with reading comprehension skills.

This old Native American myth, The Raven Steals the Light, is the perfect story to spook -- but not scare -- kids this Halloween.

Get to know some of the most famous larger-than-life characters from our traditional oral folklore with this tall tales worksheet!

Meet Harriet Tubman, a true American hero who devoted her whole life to caring for and protecting others.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

Use this resource to help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

Stay on course in this puzzle by following only the tundra biome animals.

There are many animals around the world whose lives or homes are threatened. Read about an endangered species from Africa with this info-sheet

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

Get the best of the season, and write your own winter bucket list! This is a great exercise for helping kids set and keep goals.

How was writing first invented? Find out by reading this delightful story by Rudyard Kipling, "How the First Letter was Written."

Your students will use their imaginations to gain understanding of inference, evidence, and schema with this activity. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the vocabulary in the Inferring With Pictures lesson plan.

Take an imaginary trip to a country that loves baseball, boxing and basketball. It's not America -- it's the Dominican Republic!

Florence Nightingale revolutionized nursing. Your little historian can learn about Florence's life in this biography worksheet.

Get all the Tasmanian devil facts on this worksheet, from what they eat to how they got their name.

Introduce young learners to Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and all of the Seven Summits, with this worksheet.

Let your students show you the way through a story of their choice using this fun road map! Your students will get to flex their reading comprehension muscles as they write about various story elements, including main characters, setting, and plot.

This prediction activity engages students in thinking about the skill of Ãpredictingà from a writerÃs point of view.

Introduce children to Italian Christmas traditions with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who, Where, What, When, Why, and How Questions.

Use this play planner to give your students a head start on writing their own play!

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

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.

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

This worksheet focuses on creating a title for a list of details.

Learners will read and interpret three types of nonfiction text features in this three-page practice worksheet.

Ready for Halloween? Here's Noppera Bo, a terrifying folk tale from Japan, to help you celebrate.