In "The Elves and the Shoemaker," the reader meets a friendly shoemaker. This Grimm's fairy tale is told through colorable pictures and kid-friendly text.

Find out what happens to the Velveteen Rabbit in part two of this beautiful storybook coloring series.

Read a simple tale about pirates and stolen treasure, then chart the story on a map.

This reading worksheet highlights important vocabulary words and the main purpose of a text.

Want to get your kids thinking critically about what they're reading? This fruit-themed Venn diagram alternative will help students to compare and contrast two topics or books during or after reading nonfiction texts.

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Students will get to track their own learning on a topic using this graphic organizer. First they'll write down thoughts and questions they have about a topic. After reading, they'll record their new thoughts and consider how their responses have changed.

Think back to your favorite tall tale characters and talk with your little reader about the different traits that made them hyperbolic legends.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn to Compare and Contrast.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

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

This open-ended worksheet helps second graders form predictions about books before they read them.

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

Your child can make her own storybook with this series of Japanese folktale coloring pages!

This composition prompt asks kids to consider one thing they can do and one thing they can stop doing this Earth Day.

Read the conclusion to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to find out what happens to Scrooge.

Read a chapter and write a summary! Help your second graders practice their reading fluency while also improving their summarizing skills.

'Tis the season for learning! Test your child's understanding of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and fill out this plot summary chart.

Mmmm! Can you smell the Christmas cookies in the oven? Warm up your child's writing skills with this Christmas cookies writing prompt.

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

Identify three facts from a work of nonfiction, then draw a picture and write a caption for each.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Building Fluency with Punctuation.

Cozy up for story time with one of the most well-known Christmas stories, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

This quick story of Captain Kidd brings pirates and reading on an adventure for your kids!

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 Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Conclude a Story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Create Your Own Story.