Students will read an excerpt from The Hound of the Baskervilles to discover the great mystery of Baskerville Hall, answering “Stop and Think” fiction comprehension questions throughout the text.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple non-fiction text features with this table of contents activity. Young readers will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about chameleons.

Familiarize your child with some simple sight words and rhymes with this coloring page of "Roses are Red...".

With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.

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.

Go on a reading adventure with Sinbad the Sailor, a hero of Middle Eastern myth and a great excuse to practice reading comprehension.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Read with Expression!

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.

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

Will visitors see leprechauns while visiting in Dublin? Tell your researching students to find out with this travel brochure activity!

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

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.

In this old Nigerian folk tale, a young villager ends up marrying a real bonehead. (Sorry, we had to.)

Children learn about Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner, a record-breaking silver and gold medalist in track and field, in this sports biography worksheet.

Use these task cards to get your reflective readers making and adjusting predictions about their texts.

Children reflect on the importance of a book's setting as they design a travel brochure for a work of fiction they have read.

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

Does your child have an ear for rhyme or a passion for poetry? Have her examine the rhyme scheme of this silly limerick, and soon she'll be making her own!

Help your little bookworm get to know the layout of a table of contents! Learners deconstruct this sample table of contents by answering the questions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Real or Not?

Learners practice comparing a variety of story elements, including characters, setting, and key events, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Ready for Halloween? Here's Noppera Bo, a terrifying folk tale from Japan, to help you celebrate.

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

Poetry is a vibrant genre, especially as infused with visual and multimedia elements. Use this graphic organizer with your class to analyze such features in poetry.

Find out how the story ends in this final chapter of the Teremok folk tale! Have fun coloring together, and building your child's enthusiasm for reading.

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

Help students answer questions about Little Boy Blue in this worksheet that strengthens reading and listening skills.

Meet Charles Darwin, the man responsible for the theory of evolution and many other revolutionary scientific discoveries.

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

The Humpty Dumpty story cards are mixed up and don’t make sense. Ask your students to solve this case by cutting the cards out and putting them in order from beginning, to the middle, and the end.