Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.

Get ready for some active reading! As your students read through this passage, they will underline key words and reinforce their understanding of words in context.

Help students match information about text features together in this review worksheet!

This resource helps your EL students identify and explain charts, graphs, and diagrams.

Want to meet a real-life Mulan? Read up on Deborah Sampson, a barrier-breaking woman who fought for equality in the armed forces.

Children learn about three women who emerged as influential photographers during the Great Depression in the United States through the FSA program.

Learn about these surprisingly diverse biomes, then test your biome and geography know-how with a desert-mapping activity.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple nonfiction text features with this delicious index activity. Young readers will practice using an cookbook index to locate information about tasty desserts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Analyzing Primary Sources with Past Tense Verbs.

Review Civil War key terms and people with this history sheet. Your child will decide which terms describe the Confederacy and which describe the Union.

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

Searching for a worksheet that will help your child practice their reading skills? This printable uses life science as a background to help young readers.

Students will explore how illustrations can help deepen their understanding of a text.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when comparing and contrasting.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Revolutionary War Vocabulary.

This worksheet introduces fifth graders to Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when using description.

Poetry is a vibrant genre, especially as infused with visual and multimedia elements. Use this graphic organizer with your class to analyze such features in poetry.

In Timeline of Sonia Sotomayor's Life (So Far), third and fourth graders reference a timeline of Sotomayor's life to answer questions about her life.

These pictures have a lot to say! The animals in this worksheet don't talkÃbut they can tell you a lot about what they're like by the way they look.

This reading and writing worksheet teaches your young film buff about cool Coraline stop motion effects.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

This worksheet guides second graders in previewing a text using the title, table of contents, and graphics.

Students will cite stanzas from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their poetry readings and share thoughts, feelings, and ideas about the text.

Learn some of the common Morse code prosigns with this fun activity!

Use this exercise to teach your students to identify nouns and associated pronouns in captions. Then, challenge them to create captions for illustrations.

Everyone gets to be a movie maker! Use this resource with your students as they practice visualizing. As they make a movie in their mind, they will create illustrations to accompany a text.

Dictionary skills are an important part of learning to read and write. Help your little learner understand the different parts of a dictionary entry.

Kids will practice listening and speaking skills in this interactive vocabulary activity. Students will pair up and take turns responding to questions about difficult words they've encountered and what they learned by using context clues and a dictionary.