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

During this pre-reading exercise, your students will rely on nonfiction text features and their own background knowledge to gather information.

A soldier meets a mysterious stranger in a graveyard. Could this be the dark figure that townsfolk have seen darting in and out of the shadows?

With this exercise, students will think deeply about their reading by describing important events, asking questions, and making comparisons.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Personal Timeline.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Poetic Personification.

These bookmarks will provide thinking frames for your students as they read, encouraging deeper thinking and strengthening comprehension.

In this old Nigerian folk tale, a young villager ends up marrying a real bonehead. (Sorry, we had to.)

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!

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

Learn more about legendary comedian Groucho Marx in this nonfiction reading sheet from our Jewish-American Heroes series.

Enjoy the end of this 2-part storybook coloring series featuring The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Shifting Points of View.

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

Practice making story comparisons and inferences with the help of this useful organizer.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Poetic Personification.

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

Cozy up for story time with one of the most well-known Christmas stories, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

For October (or just for kids who love scary stories!), here's a great telling of Bancho Sarayashiki, one of Japan's most famous ghost stories.

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

As you continue with page 7 of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, be sure to color in the illustration as you read!

Enjoy one of the most well-known Christmas stories, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Color the illustrations as you go!

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.

This is the third part in the classic Grimm's fairy tale, "The Elves and the Shoemaker." Share this story with your child during the holidays.

While learning about literary genres, if you're suddenly being approached by magical little men and menacing monsters, you have been swept away into fantasy.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

This Rapunzel story is missing some picturesâand in the wrong order! Test reading comprehension skills by arranging the events in the most logical order.