Good readers decode words as they read, giving them an ability to read fluently. Use this resource with your students to practice decoding by focusing on the beginning and end sounds in a word.

Good readers decode words as they read, giving them an ability to read fluently. Use this resource with your students to practice decoding by focusing on the beginning and end sounds in a word.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Common Theme Words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Multiple-Meaning Words.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing with Transition Words.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Repeated Words and Phrases.

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

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

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

Use these picture cards to introduce your students to 16 common theme words.

Familiarize your students with clue words that help indicate cause and effect relationships.

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Signal Words, Facts, and Opinions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Exploring Sequence with Signal Words.

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: Exploring Sequence with Signal Words.

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

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.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying key ideas by looking for repeated words and phrases in a text.

Children will use six question words — who, what, when, where, why, and how — to identify the problem and solution in a short passage.