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

Your students will love reading this classic fable as they seek to determine the author’s purpose and differentiate fiction from nonfiction.

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

Students will read an adaptation of the classic story "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen. Then they'll seek to determine the author’s purpose and explain their reasoning.

This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.

In this worksheet, children determine the order of events in a story about two friends who like to roller skate together in their neighborhood.

Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

Give your second graders' logical thinking skills and reading comprehension a healthy boost with a lesson in cause and effect. Students will practice determining cause and effect with this short, funny story about a wishing fountain.

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

Kids will practice listening and speaking skills in this interactive vocabulary activity. Students will pair up and take turns responding to questions about difficult words they've encountered and what they learned by using context clues and a dictionary.

Students will read a passage and search for signal words to identify facts and opinions.

Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

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

Enjoy a chilly day with a pair of animal friends in this reading comprehension passage!

Interpret a charming poem about pet friendship in this reading comprehension resource! 

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

Take a quiz on basic facts about U.S. history and government.

Children learn how to identify cause and effect with the help of a friendly root vegetable in this playful worksheet.

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

Learn to separate fact from fiction with this comparative worksheet.

Get to know the White House and the U.S. Capitol in this social studies matching worksheet!

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.