Use this exercise to give your students practice developing an opinion about a nonfiction topic. They will read a short passage and express an opinion about the topic based on the evidence in the text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Inferences About Feelings.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Building Fluency with Punctuation.

Clues can help us make predictions! Students will read a story about Molly, find the clues, and use those clues to predict what Molly will do next.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky reading exercise, where you'll learn all about werewolves! Read up on the history behind these legendary beasts.

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 Plan: Focus on the Similarities.

Use this organizer to draw comparisons between problems and solutions in fiction texts.

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

Language is fascinating and confusing! Learn some words in other languages that don't translate to English with this great linguistics worksheet.

Study the contributions of African American jazz legends with this worksheet on master bassist Charles Mingus.

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

Get to know some tundra animals as you look for them in the snow.

What is it like to be an ant? After reading Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg, your students will know!

Here is a writing activity to review terms and concepts from the Civil War era. Your child will imagine being a soldier in the war and write a journal entry.

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

Valentine's Day isn't just about handing out paper cards and heart-shaped candies -- it's about showing your family and friends how much you love them!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Fact & Opinion Statements with Adjectives.

Visual and multimedia elements in scripts and plays enhance the reader’s experience and give important directions for how to translate texts for an audience. Get your class analyzing scripts with such elements using this graphic organizer.

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

Let your young reader review the book as they go with this personalized bookmark. Cut out the bookmark and fold it in half to spice up the reading experience!

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Read with Expression!

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

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Signal Words, Facts, and Opinions.