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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Introduce your student to an endangered species, Przewalski's horse, with this information sheet. They can color the illustration as they read.

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

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.

Florence Nightingale revolutionized nursing. Your little historian can learn about Florence's life in this biography worksheet.

These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Analyzing Primary Sources with Past Tense Verbs.

Did you know that people used to write whole books by hand? Learn about Gutenberg's printing press, an invention that revolutionized book-making.

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

Read some dark excerpts from the famous forefathers of horror writing and try your hand at it.

History students can learn all the first modern first lady in this biography worksheet, and can develop their reading comprehension skills as well.

During this pre-reading exercise, your students will rely on nonfiction text features and their own background knowledge to gather information.

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

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts. This graphic organizer will help your students organize the important information from two informational texts on the same topic.

Learn more about FDR and his influence on the country in this biography worksheet.

They don't make gardens like this anymore. More a combinaton amusement park and treasure trove, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were the spot to visit.

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

Stay on course in this puzzle by following only the tundra biome animals.

It can be tricky to sort out different perspectives in a complex book! Use this activity to help your learner think about how two different characters feel about the same event or challenge.

Use these discussion cards to get your students talking about the elements that are unique to the fantasy genre.

Imagine you're sipping "agua dulce" and spending a lazy afternoon on a warm beach as you get to know the beautiful country of Costa Rica!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

Use this worksheet to help students identify personified nouns and their respective verbs.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

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

Your child can learn about the last manned space flight with this worksheet that works on history, reading comprenshion and science all in one.

Students will explore how illustrations can help deepen their understanding of a text.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.