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

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

Will visitors see leprechauns while visiting in Dublin? Tell your researching students to find out with this travel brochure activity!

Use these task cards to get your reflective readers making and adjusting predictions about their texts.

Children reflect on the importance of a book's setting as they design a travel brochure for a work of fiction they have read.

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

Learners practice comparing a variety of story elements, including characters, setting, and key events, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce young historians to Amelia Bloomer, an influential 19th century women's rights activist, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Poetry is a vibrant genre, especially as infused with visual and multimedia elements. Use this graphic organizer with your class to analyze such features in poetry.

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

Meet Charles Darwin, the man responsible for the theory of evolution and many other revolutionary scientific discoveries.

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

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

Kids will learn more about the meaning of a monster hoax and read about some of the most famous hoaxes.

Visual and multimedia elements in scripts and plays enhance the reader’s experience and give important directions for how to translate texts for an audience. Get your class analyzing scripts with such elements using this graphic organizer.

Hang out with two seriously challenged love birds, the god Cupid and his human girlfriend Psyche.

Reading primary sources doesn't have to be a bore! Learn to gather information from records using data given by celebrity whom you just might know.

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

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky reading exercise, where you'll learn all about werewolves! Read up on the history behind these legendary beasts.

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

Students imagine a hypothetical interview with Malala Yousafzai, using their research skills to form and answer thoughtful interview questions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Use this organizer to dig deep when comparing and contrasting texts within a genre.

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine narratives with characters from their favorite stories.

Encourage students to turn vacations into educational experiences. This activity asks students to research a famous destination, pull key information, and plug that information into a travel brochure.

Children learn about three women who emerged as influential photographers during the Great Depression in the United States through the FSA program.

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the "shot heard around the world" and began the American Revolution.

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.