Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool weedy seadragon facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences and Introductory Phrases.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

What's the best way to get to know a city? Play tourist! In this activity, students create a travel brochure on the 2008 Olympic host city, Beijing.

Our worksheet gives your Hobbit fan space to jot down similarities and differences between the book and film for a great exercise in comparing and contrasting.

Guide students in learning about supporting their ideas with textual evidence.

In this fun worksheet, read all about the Vodnici and then answer some critical thinking questions about the eyewitness accounts.

Learn about a scary condition called Old Hag Syndrome. Kids will respond to the reading with some comprehension questions.

They don't make gardens like this anymore. More a combinaton amusement park and treasure trove, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were the spot to visit.

Integrate science and reading as students research and write about the causes and effects of certain actions in the environment.

Learn about Jewish-American baseball player Sandy Koufax, a baseball legend who's considered one of the greatest Jewish-American athletes in history.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details.

Is your child having trouble with reading comprehension? The wizard can help!

Did you know that people used to write whole books by hand? Learn about Gutenberg's printing press, an invention that revolutionized book-making.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Learn about Carl Sagan, an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, and author.

Budding researchers will head Down Under to learn about Melbourne, Australia, in this engaging project.

Learn about these grassland biomes, then discover some fun facts about their animal inhabitants as you complete a matching activity.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: A Script with Adverbs.

Children are invited to create their own works of fan fiction with this inventive worksheet template.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problems and Solutions in Fiction.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool catfish facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Get to know this towering wonder of the ancient world and discover the inspiration for its creation.

Comparing different stories is a great way to help your young reader get started with analyzing texts. She'll compare and contrast two children's favorites.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Summary Writing with Big Ideas.

List your favorite movies that came out this summer, then write your very own reviews of the best—and maybe the worst!—of the bunch.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool saxophone facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.