It’s fun to learn about books with friends! One of the best ways to get motivated to read is to get book recommendations. This worksheet helps students do just that in the format of a friendly letter.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Key Details.

Help your kindergartener craft the perfect letter to Santa with this great template! He can work on handwriting, and even learn a few new sight words.

Color in one of the most famous characters in fairytale history: Little Red Riding Hood!

Bring story characters to life by having your students imagine them in real life scenarios. In this creative activity, students will seek to analyze their favorite characters by thinking about how each one would react in different situations.

These events are all mixed up! Have your kid practice sequencing by correctly ordering these scenes and help the plane take off on time.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

Students learn how to identify and locate text features with this informational writing worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Going on a Picture Walk.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Predictions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Topic.

Nonfiction books are jam-packed with information, which is why it’s important to read them more than once! This worksheet encourages students to reread nonfiction, summarizing what they learned with pictures and words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare and Contrast Fictional Characters.

Springtime is here! Freshen up your spring schedule with this handy to-do list, great for helping your child stay on track with his schoolwork.

This Thanksgiving rebus story gets your child to fill in the blanks with pictures. Use this Thanksgiving rebus to cut and paste your holiday story together.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Key Details.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading Pictures.

Help students turn instructions for how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich into a cohesive piece of procedural writing. Using transition words is the key to successful how-to writing!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: All About Sequencing.

Nonfiction books have a variety of text features. But they could sometimes use more! In this activity, students analyze the existing text features in a book and create a new feature to add.

Students can use this organizer to jot down the new words they encounter and also note what they think they mean.

This candy cane stationery will surely get your child in the Christmas mood. He can use this letter page to write to Santa or to family members.

Have students record new words in this organizer and jot down what they think they mean.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Searching for Text Features.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Pictures to Read Words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: How Pictures Can Help Us Read.

This activity adds a discussion element to nonfiction reading. Use this worksheet to get your students thinking about facts in the books they read.

Print out this minibook and use your imagination to illustrate a short version of this fun fairy tale!

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. In this activity, students write a summary—in speech form!—of a book that they read. For added fun, have them give their speeches to a partner—or even the whole class!