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.

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.

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Repeated Words and Phrases.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Exploring Sequence with Signal Words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Sequence with Signal Words.

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

Use this resource to teach your students to identify cause and effect relationships in context by looking at the signal words.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying key ideas by looking for repeated words and phrases in a text.

Children will use six question words — who, what, when, where, why, and how — to identify the problem and solution in a short passage.

Kids love nonsense, in case you haven't already noticed, and this wacky worksheet will work your wonderful wordsmith into a nonsense whirlwind.

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.

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

With this worksheet students will define the importance of play vocabulary words and provide examples.

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

This excerpt has exactly 100 words and is great reading practice for your little quaterbacks!

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

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

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

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

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

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ivan from The One and Only Ivan.

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.

Cut out this cool bookmark to spice up the reading experience for your readers. Students review the book they're reading and keep track of new words as they go.

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.

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.

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

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.