A cinquain poem is a five line poem that does not rhyme. Your students can read an example of a cinquain poem, then try writing a few of their own.

Kids who are just starting to read nonfiction can get their feet wet with this easy Julia Child biography that has a quick comprehension exercise at the end.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparative and Superlative.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Topic.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Signal Words, Facts, and Opinions.

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

Read about why kangaroos hop on two legs, in Rudyard Kipling's "The Sing Song of Old Kangaroo." Your kid will answer reading questions and color illustrations.

Meet some famous short stories with our set of printable mini books.

Bring your predictions to life in this fun activity! Students will make predictions about a book and then act out what they think will happen in the beginning, middle, and end.

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.

Learn about movie sound effects with this reading and writing worksheet. Your young movie fan will enjoy learning about the job of sound designers.

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

Help students learn the relationship between illustrations and stories with this worksheet that allows students to become artists.

Use this exercise to give your students practice developing an opinion about a nonfiction topic. They will read a short passage and express an opinion about the topic based on the evidence in the text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Inferences About Feelings.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Building Fluency with Punctuation.

Clues can help us make predictions! Students will read a story about Molly, find the clues, and use those clues to predict what Molly will do next.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Distinguish Between Facts and Opinions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky reading exercise, where you'll learn all about werewolves! Read up on the history behind these legendary beasts.

Find that formatting feature! In this formatting scavenger hunt, students will use nonfiction texts to look for chapter titles, subtitles, bulleted lists, and more.

Read this classic children's poem, then draw a picture for it. Circle the rhyming words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Focus on the Similarities.

Use this organizer to draw comparisons between problems and solutions in fiction texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Language is fascinating and confusing! Learn some words in other languages that don't translate to English with this great linguistics worksheet.

Study the contributions of African American jazz legends with this worksheet on master bassist Charles Mingus.

Think mom is challenging? Try the media! With this worksheet, your child can pretend to be president and answer the media's tough questions.

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