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

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

Learn to work with primary sources by decoding the names, facts, and numbers in old memoirs, interviews and records.

Get ready for some active reading! As your students read through this passage, they will underline key words and reinforce their understanding of words in context.

Deduce the definitions of tricky words in this engaging informational passage!

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Learn about the grasslands biome, then use your knowledge to unscramble the missing words of the paragraph that follows.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when using description.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when comparing and contrasting.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

This activity, complete with sentence frames and a word bank with key words and phrases, can be used to assist those students who need extra support with writing a response.

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

Help your young readers develop this important reading comprehension skill with this handy template that will help them learn to paraphrase any piece of writing by answering a few open-ended questions.

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Dive into the sea life of Monterey, California, with this upper elementary reading comprehension worksheet!

Children learn about the Moon, then practice finding and writing the main idea, in this literacy worksheet.

Children learn about Día de los Muertos as they practice finding and supporting the main idea in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Familiarize your child with Peter Pan, one of the most enduring characters of children's literature, with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

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.

Interpret a charming poem about pet friendship in this reading comprehension resource! 

Trace the steps behind a natural phenomenon with this third- through fifth-grade cause-and-effect reading worksheet!

While learning about literary genres, if you're suddenly being approached by magical little men and menacing monsters, you have been swept away into fantasy.