This travel brochure activity summarizes the fascinating history behind the birthplace of the Renaissance.

Science fiction is a hugely popular genre of books, movies and TV shows. Read this worksheet to get a taste of some of the originators of sci-fi.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Information from Multiple Sources.

Help students ask and answer questions as they gather information from other students.

Learn about movie sound effects with this reading and writing worksheet. Your young movie fan will enjoy learning about the job of sound designers.

Read a chapter and write a summary! Help your second graders practice their reading fluency while also improving their summarizing skills.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Building Fluency with Punctuation.

Get out those books, open the laptop, and research what Ramadan is all about. Your child can learn valuable research skills while learning about this holiday.

Learn to extract information from sources with this handy worksheet, perfect for Little Leaguers and baseball fans.

Use this graphic organizer to analyze a common topic and theme between fiction texts.

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

Have your young reader describe and compare three of their favorite book characters in this triple-sided Venn diagram.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Basic Fiction Summaries.

Read about six epic April Fools' Day hoaxes in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Take the monotony out of writing chapter summaries with this fun and creative alternative! Rather than writing out summaries, students will get to create illustrations and captions for major events from each chapter of their book.

Empress Wu Zetian ruled China when the western world was in the Dark Ages. This 2nd grade worksheet that balances history with reading comprehension skills.

Identify three facts from a work of nonfiction, then draw a picture and write a caption for each.

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

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

Learn about these grassland biomes, then discover some fun facts about their animal inhabitants as you complete a matching activity.

Children use their critical thinking skills to make predictions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Answering "Why" Questions.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Is your kid struggling with reading comprehension? Try this short and sweet story from Oscar Wilde.

Introduce children to Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a 17th century writer, poet, and philosopher, in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts.

Your students will be amazed to learn about different types of fungus in this nonfiction reading exercise!

During this activity, students will learn about Japan's capital city, Tokyo and create their own travel brochure.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine narratives with characters from their favorite stories.