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!

For each box, draw one event from this Mother Goose's Treasury poem.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool jellyfish facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

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

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, students explore the part boycotts have played in the country’s history.

Students will have some fun with reading eyewitness accounts of Roswell, and then doing some writing responses on the topic.

Use this organizer to dig deep when comparing and contrasting texts within a genre.

Enlist the famous Beatrix Potter in helping your child develop solid reading strategies.

Get mischievous during story time and read the story of "Rumpelstiltskin", abridged for your first grader.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Even if you're not in Japan, you can celebrate Kodomo no Hi, or Children's Day. Read all about this popular Japanese holiday, like the special foods and toys!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Buzzing Sensory Poems.

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!

Have some fun with haiku! Practice syllable counting and creative writing by coming up with funny haiku poems for April Fools' Day.

This reading worksheet teaches your kid some cool things about computer-generated imagery. She'll read about special effects and practice thinking critically.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

Students will get to track their own learning on a topic using this graphic organizer. First they'll write down thoughts and questions they have about a topic. After reading, they'll record their new thoughts and consider how their responses have changed.

This printable preschool worksheet is sure to get your kid thinking about nature.

Here is a writing activity to review terms and concepts from the Civil War era. Your child will imagine being a soldier in the war and write a journal entry.

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.

Introduce young historians to Amelia Bloomer, an influential 19th century women's rights activist, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

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.

Learn all about Sinterklaas (sound familiar?) and the fun traditions that kids in the Netherlands look forward to every Christmas!

Students become authors as they dream up the best book ever with this worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn to Compare and Contrast.

How are Little Red Riding Hood and the Big, Bad Wolf different? Do they share any similarities? Challenge your young readers to hone their reading comprehension skills as they compare and contrast characters in a book or story with this Venn diagram works

Our writing worksheet guides your budding film buff as he explores theme and character development in the movie Ender's Game.