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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing with Transition Words.

Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Common Theme Words.

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

Use these picture cards to introduce your students to 16 common theme words.

Familiarize your students with clue words that help indicate cause and effect relationships.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing with Transition Words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Signal Words, Facts, and Opinions.

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: Signal Words, Facts, and Opinions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

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

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

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

Get ready for some active reading! As your students read through this passage, they will underline key words and reinforce their understanding of words in context.

Deduce the definitions of tricky words in this engaging informational passage!

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.

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

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

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.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

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

In this resource, students will practice writing a simple summary of a fiction story using a paragraph frame with sequence words.