Get in tune with nature, and read a bit about an endangered species of animal, the Black-footed Ferret. Your child can color an illustration as he reads.

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked to create the first calculations to send humans into space. Learn more about this inspiring woman with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

During this reading exercise, students will work in small groups to look at various sample passages and sort them based on firsthand or secondhand accounts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

This resource helps your EL students identify and explain charts, graphs, and diagrams.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Learn all about legendary magician Harry Houdini in this nonfiction reading worksheet.

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

When paired with nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between two accounts of the same event.

Meet one of the most well-known Native American women in our country's history--Sacagawea!

The Battle of Camden was a low point for the American forces in the Revolutionary War. Discover the errors made at the battle in this worksheet.

Assemble your favorite actors and find the perfect parts for them in your summer reading book.

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

When paired with two types of nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between the text features of printed text and electronic text.

You may not know of Dr. Jonas Salk, but your life has certainly been affected by him! This famous scientist created the polio vaccine.

This story starter is getting warmer! Read this version of the story of Helios the sun god, then have your child make his own sun myth.

This compare and contrast exercise will give your students practice recording information about two similar fiction texts.

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

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Personal Timeline.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Read with Expression!

Read about this dry, warm biome, then review what you've learned as you play a round or two of this fun-fact card game.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

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

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

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

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