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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Find that formatting feature! In this formatting scavenger hunt, students will use nonfiction texts to look for chapter titles, subtitles, bulleted lists, and more.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Who Is Telling the Story?

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Introduction to Charts and Diagrams.

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

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

In part two of "The Elves and the Shoemaker," the reader finds the shoemaker surprised to see fancy and freshly-made shoes in his workshop.

It’s census time! Travel back to 1930 to analyze the census data for the household of Walt Disney.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Focus on the Similarities.

Give your wild child this werewolf story to read this Halloween. He'll have a spooky story to share with friends, and get some reading practice, too!

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

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.

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.

It's time to saddle up for the Olympics! Learn more about the equestrian events at the Olympics with this reading worksheet.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Signal Cause and Effect.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

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