After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

Use this concept web to teach your students about how to make inferences.

Explore the major themes of your reading assignment by making a book poster. Don't forget the tagline!

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

It's time to find some rhymes! Help your budding poet learn to identify rhyme schemes in poetry with this worksheet.

It can be tricky to sort out different perspectives in a complex book! Use this activity to help your learner think about how two different characters feel about the same event or challenge.

Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the groundbreaking first lady known for her humanitarian work and for being the first U.S.delegate to the United Nations in 1942.

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

Help your students think deeply about literature with these helpful conversation starters.

Evidence + reasoning = an inference! This helpful tool will help your students add up the pieces to make strong inferences as they read.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Common Theme Words.

The Tain, formally known as Tain Bo Cuailnge, is an epic from early Irish literature. Read The Tain for kids in this worksheet, and learn about its characters.

In this worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

Introduce children to Italian Christmas traditions with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Take flight with this ode to inventors! See the history of the helicopter, from its conception in ancient China to the modern vehicle it is today.

Students will use sentence stems and frames to make inferences about a story.

Ever wonder why we hunt for Easter eggs? Discover how this spring holiday was started with this interesting look at the history of Easter.

Your budding poet can practice determining a rhyme scheme in this worksheet. He'll identify the rhyming words in Rudyard Kipling's classic poem, "If."

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Inferences About Feelings.

Children learn about the Sit-In movement in the United States, whereby Americans staged nonviolent sit-ins to protest businesses' racist segregationist policies.

Ask students questions about "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer to develop their reading comprehension skills.

Review Civil War key terms and people with this history sheet. Your child will decide which terms describe the Confederacy and which describe the Union.

Got time to rhyme? Check out this fun rhyme scheme worksheet with two laughable limericks.

Learn more about one of the most accomplished scientists of the 20th century with this worksheet about Stephen Hawking.

Students will practice making and adjusting predictions about their texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Steps to Make an Inference.

Explore the most famous rock pile in the history of the world!

Learn all about the biography genre, including autobiography and journalism, and read some classic excerpts from its famous authors.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Read with Expression!

Challenge your students to consider the author's intention of a piece of writing. Ask your students to read Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If-" and answer the questions about the author's intent.