Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

Reinforce grammar and comprehension as you support your students in understanding the elements of a fictional text! In this activity, students will practice identifying verbs and rewriting the beloved story of "The Frog Prince" in their own words.

Fill in the blanks of this Christmas story by using pictures that represent words.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

Early readers practice using context clues to order a simple story in this appealing worksheet.

Help your kindergarten students think about key ideas they’ve learned about penguins using this helpful worksheet.

Using this Venn diagram, young readers will compare and contrast two thematically similar works of nonfiction.

Help your kindergarten students identify the main topic and key ideas in nonfiction texts using this fun pet-themed worksheet.

Help your kindergarten students identify the main topic and key ideas in nonfiction texts using this fun horse-themed worksheet.

Help your kindergarten students identify the main topic and key ideas in nonfiction texts using this fun sea turtle-themed worksheet.

Learn all about the interesting world of the whale while practicing fluency and reading comprehension skills using this helpful nonfiction reading worksheet.

Help your child comprehend his reading better by using this graphic organizer. Help him fill out the story map for The Three Little Pigs.

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

Support students to construct summaries of informational books by using the sentence frames on this handy worksheet. Your students will get useful practice retelling what they've learned from their nonfiction reading.

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Inspire your students to create a story using elements of fictional text! Budding writers will choose from the list of characters, settings, problems, and transition frames to help jump-start the creative process.

After reading informational books, have students share a summary with a partner. Then have them write out their retelling using this worksheet. Students will be masters of their topics when all is said and done!

Use this paragraph frame worksheet to support ELs as they navigate through the process of retelling text using transition words. This template can be used as a scaffold for any fictional text in the classroom!

Being able to describe and compare character development is an important skill for young readers. Using this handy graphic organizer, students will use adjectives to compare characters at the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

A big focus in kindergarten is on reading comprehension skills. This open ended worksheet is a wonderful way for students to practice these skills as they map out a familiar story using their own words and images.

Help your students retell a simple fictional text using a paragraph frame for support! In this activity, students will read a short story about a family's camping trip and then summarize it by filling in the blanks.

Who doesn't love sharing about a good book? Your students will love writing and drawing about their books in this reading comprehension activity. After students read independently, have them share about what they read using this fun worksheet.

As students read nonfiction books, have them keep track of the fun facts they're learning using this graphic organizer. After collecting five interesting facts in the bubbles, students can use them to write a summary of the book.

Get ready to read! Set students up for success by showing them how to preview texts before reading. Young readers are challenged to predict what the book is about using the title and illustrations before diving into the story.

Let your students show you the way through a story of their choice using this fun road map! Your students will get to flex their reading comprehension muscles as they write about various story elements, including main characters, setting, and plot.

These pictures have a lot to say! The animals in this worksheet don't talkÃbut they can tell you a lot about what they're like by the way they look.