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

Rootin' tootin' cowboys, gather 'round to hear the legendary story of Pecos Bill! Read this tale with your child, and see if he can tell fact from fiction.

Learn all about conflict in literature and how it makes the story possible in this conflict in literature worksheet.

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

This quick activity will enable your students to practice the skill of making predictions.

With this worksheet, your students will connect the key ideas of this nonfiction text and identify the cause and effect relationships.

Students will identify supporting details, in the form of adverbial phrases, in a nonfiction text excerpt.

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.

This worksheet on Etta James celebrates the legacy of this African American singer of soul and jazz.

Use this resource to practice describing characters in a fairy tale. Students will use adverbs, adjectives, and verbs to gain an understanding of the character traits.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Readers practice describing fictional characters using their own words with this graphic organizer template.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

Use this worksheet to teach your students how to write declarative sentences with details from an informational text.

Have your movie lover read about the history of movies, and then test her reading comprehension as she arranges the events to complete a timeline.

Young historians will love learning facts about the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericson while practicing their reading comprehension and writing skills.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who, Where, What, When, Why, and How Questions.

How was writing first invented? Find out by reading this delightful story by Rudyard Kipling, "How the First Letter was Written."

Step right up to the most famous wall on Earth! Spanning nearly four thousand miles, the Great Wall of China is one of the oldest wonders of the world.

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

What do you know about the wonderful country of Guatemala? Find out how the country got its name and what the people like to do for fun!

Students identify noun phrases that describe character and setting.

Get ready for Thanksgiving with this worksheet about Plymouth Colony, the Pilgrims' first home in America.