Read this shortened version of the Momotaro story, then think about what makes a true hero, both in a fairytale and in real life.

In this inventive graphic organizer, children will fill in speech and thought bubbles to show how a character's words and thoughts reveal their traits.

Use an open-ended graphic organizer to help your students identify the problem and solution in three stories.

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

In Blarney: A Game of Deception, children learn about the legend of the Blarney Stone, along with the rules for a fun game where they must decide which player is lying!

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

Learn more about Clara Barton, an incredible woman who made many advances in medical care and started the American Red Cross.

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

Get to know some tundra animals as you look for them in the snow.

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

These bookmarks will provide thinking frames for your students as they read, encouraging deeper thinking and strengthening comprehension.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.

Sail away to the exotic and mysterious Easter Island!

Students will provide details of cause and effect events directly related to theme.

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

Learn about influential writer and art patron Gertrude Stein, known in both the Jewish-American and art communities for being a famous writer and collector.

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

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

For your budding environmentalist, here is an information sheet on a well-known endangered species, the Komodo dragon!

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

Learn about the Tuskegee Institute, an important site in American History. It was one of the first universities made to help educate African Americans.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Support your students in using introductory phrases to cite the text as they make inferences.

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

Introduce children to Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a 17th century writer, poet, and philosopher, in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Use this passage as an opportunity to work on reading comprehension, and explore Aunt Em's character inside and out.

Read through this version of The Crane Wife and answer comprehension questions along the way.

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: Character Actions and Emotions.