Use this resource to teach your students about the six most common words used to start questions.

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

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

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

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: 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.

Learn to work with primary sources by decoding the names, facts, and numbers in old memoirs, interviews and records.

Use this reading comprehension passage with your students to practice determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Learn about the grasslands biome, then use your knowledge to unscramble the missing words of the paragraph that follows.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when using description.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when comparing and contrasting.

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

This worksheet is a quick-reference tool of space vocabulary for kids, with an exercise to use the words properly in provided sentences.

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

Help your child learn the "Wh words," who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

This activity, complete with sentence frames and a word bank with key words and phrases, can be used to assist those students who need extra support with writing a response.

Who is telling the story? Words like I, me, she, and he can help figure this out! Use this exercise with your students to practice determining who is telling the story.

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

Help your young readers develop this important reading comprehension skill with this handy template that will help them learn to paraphrase any piece of writing by answering a few open-ended questions.

Use this reading comprehension exercise with your students to practice determining word meaning.

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Get excited about going into nature as you read this passage about a camping trip!

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.