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In Timeline of Sonia Sotomayor's Life (So Far), third and fourth graders reference a timeline of Sotomayor's life to answer questions about her life.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using Text Features for Comprehension.

In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

Good readers decode words as they read, giving them an ability to read fluently. Use this resource with your students to practice decoding by focusing on the beginning and end sounds in a word.

Practice comparing and contrasting scary stories using conjunctions to connect ideas.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

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.

EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

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

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

This reading resource gives your students practice using text clues and background knowledge to make inferences about characters.

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

Use this resource to give your students practice using a simple sentence structure to describe characters, setting, and events.

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Students will practice using dictionary guide words by matching words to the pages they would appear on.

Use this resource to help your students identify and explain the problem in a passage using past tense verbs.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

Use this worksheet to practice sequencing a character’s feelings using transition words.

Let's make some nonsense! Using "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, a poem famous for its otherworldly wacky words, your child makes his own nonsense.

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

What better time to learn how to rhyme? Try this worksheet; it'll be sweet! Your child can learn rhyme scheme using this famous Robert Frost poem.

Using this template, readers will use symbols and words to identify the ways a character's actions, thoughts, and words change from the beginning to the end of a story.

Find out how rhyme scheme works with this simple exercise using Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."

Using this great template to help with letter writing for kids, encourage your child to flex his imagination as he writes a letter to a friend.