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.

Learn about first Lady Dolley Madison with this history worksheet, complete with some reading comprehension exercises.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Read about why kangaroos hop on two legs, in Rudyard Kipling's "The Sing Song of Old Kangaroo." Your kid will answer reading questions and color illustrations.

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.

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Personal Timeline.

Read this version of The Wild Hunt with your little boy or ghoul this Halloween, then answer the comprehension questions at the end.

Meet the mythical Captain Stormalong, a sturdy sailor who's said to have conquered the high seas.

Read through this version of The Crane Wife and answer comprehension questions along the way.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Use this stop and jot reflection activity to assess reading comprehension. Your students will choose their favorite response to their reading and explain their choice.

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

Is your child having trouble with reading comprehension? The wizard can help!

Get in tune with nature, and read a bit about an endangered species of animal, the Black-footed Ferret. Your child can color an illustration as he reads.

Share some special storytelling time during the holidays. Cozy up with your little reader to enjoy "The Elves and the Shoemaker".

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

Enjoy part two of this classic Christmas tale. Your little dancer can experience the magic of the Nutcracker with this storybook she can color herself!

Think mom is challenging? Try the media! With this worksheet, your child can pretend to be president and answer the media's tough questions.

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.

Keep this organizer handy for your students to keep track of the chapters they've read and look ahead to the next one! Challenge your young readers to take their chapter summaries one step further by having them write out predictions for upcoming chapters

Mary Lou Retton tumbled into America's heart in the 1988 Olympics. Read about her Olympic victories in this worksheet, then complete a short reading exercise.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

During this activity, students will create cause and effect comic strips complete with captions, pictures, and speech and sound effect bubbles.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool trumpet facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

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

Do you know what a memoir is? This worksheet will tell you and show you some great examples from famous memoirs.

This graphic organizer helps students quickly identify the main events in the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional text.

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