Kids will sharpen their dictionary skills with this challenging guide words sort. By sorting a group of words into their correct dictionary locations, young readers will gain confidence and dexterity in their reading and vocabulary abilities.

Authors use sensory language to make their writing more descriptive. Have your students consider the words authors use to create specific moods in this fun pumpkin-themed worksheet!

Use this resource to teach your students about the six most common words used to start questions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

Have your students record new words they come across on this bookmark and jot down what they think they mean.

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

Use this resource to teach your students to identify cause and effect relationships in context by looking at the signal words.

Kids love nonsense, in case you haven't already noticed, and this wacky worksheet will work your wonderful wordsmith into a nonsense whirlwind.

Reinforce grammar and comprehension as you support your students in understanding the elements of a fictional text! In this activity, students will practice identifying verbs and rewriting the beloved story of "The Frog Prince" in their own words.

Learn to work with primary sources by decoding the names, facts, and numbers in old memoirs, interviews and records.

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

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.

Deduce the definitions of tricky words in this engaging informational passage!

Find presidential and historical words in this election-themed word search.

Use this reading comprehension passage with your students to practice determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.

This excerpt has exactly 100 words and is great reading practice for your little quaterbacks!

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Learn about the grasslands biome, then use your knowledge to unscramble the missing words of the paragraph that follows.

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

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

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

Paraphrasing is an important skill for writing a research paper. Students can practice putting someone else's writing into their own words.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

Use this resource to teach your students how to use signal words as they explain the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional story.

Let's make some nonsense! Using "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, a poem famous for its otherworldly wacky words, your child makes his own nonsense.