Use this paragraph frame worksheet to support ELs as they navigate through the process of retelling text using transition words. This template can be used as a scaffold for any fictional text in the classroom!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Get students excited about taking reading notes with this bubbly worksheet! This fun format can be used to jot down quick notes about each chapter in your students’ books, then used as a reference for complete summaries when the time comes.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the Wilhelm scream! Read about the famous Wilhelm scream on this worksheet with a research assignment.

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.

Children will select a chapter book, then make predictions as they progress through the story, in this reading comprehension template.

Enjoy The Raven by Edgar Allan poe in a whole new way with this printable mini-book version

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

Explore all the action packed into "To Build a Fire" by building mini version of it!

Practice reading comprehension with "A Mad Tea Party," an exciting chapter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, then make it into a mini-book.

Here's a Hans Christian Andersen tale you might not know: The Tinder Box, where a soldier goes on a magical adventure.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling with Paragraph Frames.

Students imagine a hypothetical interview with Malala Yousafzai, using their research skills to form and answer thoughtful interview questions.

Keep this organizer handy for your students to keep track of the chapters they've read and look ahead to the next one! Challenge your young readers to take their chapter summaries one step further by having them write out predictions for upcoming chapters

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

Meet some famous short stories with our set of printable mini books.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to reflect and re-imagine story endings with characters from their favorite tales.

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts on the same topic.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

These worksheets are all about the 180-degree rule, an important film technique. If your kid loves movies, then she'll love this chance to go behind the scenes.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

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: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Summary Writing with Big Ideas.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Help your EL students will practice differentiating between big ideas and details.