Good writers also know how to slow down the action at just the right times to build suspense and pull the reader into the moment.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Internal & External Character Traits.

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts on the same topic.

Improving vocabulary is an important step to improve writing and reading comprehension. Help your child learn to use synonyms with this practice sheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Shifting Points of View.

Can you think of a better word to use instead of "store"? Your student will expand his vocabulary by exploring different word choices, or synonyms.

During this activity, students will create cause and effect comic strips complete with captions, pictures, and speech and sound effect bubbles.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Parts of Speech that Describe.

Find that formatting feature! In this formatting scavenger hunt, students will use nonfiction texts to look for chapter titles, subtitles, bulleted lists, and more.

Enjoy "How the Whale Got His Throat" by Rudyard Kipling, and complete some reading comprehension activities, including a few coloring pages!

Have you ever opened an umbrella indoors? Some people think that action causes bad luck! Read all about how this superstition came to be.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Who Is Telling the Story?

Read up on the real-life Saint Nicholas, a man who did some good deeds way back in the day, and see what similarities he shares with Santa.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details.

Your students will practice writing abbreviations for a variety of customary units of measurement. First, they’ll review, then they’ll put their knowledge to the test.

Easter decorations are full of pastels, pinks and yellows! But why do those colors represent Easter? Help your child write a response to this question.

Get your fifth grader to polish his writing chops with this write-it-yourself comic.

Put a fun spin on the typical "Dear Santa" letter. Your child must use persuasive language to convince Santa to bring her the presents she wants!

What's going on here? What are these two saying? This scene could use your child's creativity to be complete!

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Students will practice creating sentences using both like and as, filling in the blanks with figurative language of their own.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: I Can Use Context Clues!

Students will use this worksheet to help them review their explanations for specific problems.

It’s census time! Travel back to 1930 to analyze the census data for the household of Walt Disney.

What if Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman were stranded on a desert island together? It's up to your creative writer to tell the rest of the story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

Convince reluctant writers to pick up their pens with this fun write-it-yourself superhero comic.

Your students will pick their favorite information and create a travel brochure all about Amsterdam, complete with a map!

Super villain Mt. Crushmore and superhero The Human Shield are battling it out...with sharks! What mighty and menacing things are they saying to each other?