In "The Elves and the Shoemaker," the reader meets a friendly shoemaker. This Grimm's fairy tale is told through colorable pictures and kid-friendly text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Distinguish Between Facts and Opinions.

Read some dark excerpts from the famous forefathers of horror writing and try your hand at it.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

Children learn how to identify cause and effect with the help of a friendly root vegetable in this playful worksheet.

Go on a reading adventure with Sinbad the Sailor, a hero of Middle Eastern myth and a great excuse to practice reading comprehension.

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

Discover more about the dingo, a type of wild dog that lives in Australia, in this worksheet.

Children reflect on the importance of a book's setting as they design a travel brochure for a work of fiction they have read.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Put a silly spin on a sad holiday by tickling your funny bone with some calaveras literarias.

Help your child understand why it's so important to take care of the environment with this info-sheet about an endangered species: the spectacled bear.

Kids identify information about characters and setting in this worksheet.

Have students record questions on sticky notes as they are reading, then they'll compile them all on this helpful worksheet before tracking down and recording their answers.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Understand Text Features.

To deepen your students’ understanding of dramas, have them utilize their understanding of the key terms to compare and contrast dramas to other genres. They will use information found in a Venn diagram to complete a paragraph frame.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Character Traits.

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

There's a happy-looking, big-eared bat and some fun facts on this coloring page! And it's a great way to start a talk about endangered animals with your child.

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

In this worksheet, children learn about the role art plays in the celebration and messaging of Earth Day, which begain in 1970 to heighten awarness of environmental crises around the world.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Fictional Text.

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

Learn about influential writer and art patron Gertrude Stein, known in both the Jewish-American and art communities for being a famous writer and collector.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identify and Develop an Opinion.

This story starter is getting warmer! Read this version of the story of Helios the sun god, then have your child make his own sun myth.

Would you decorate your Christmas tree with spider webs? Learn a wacky Christmas fun fact as you reflect on holiday traditions.