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Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.

Help your budding reader learn how to spice up a boring biography by asking him to add in the details that make good writing even better.

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

Meet Harriet Tubman, a true American hero who devoted her whole life to caring for and protecting others.

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

In Timeline of Sonia Sotomayor's Life (So Far), third and fourth graders reference a timeline of Sotomayor's life to answer questions about her life.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

What is it like to be an ant? After reading Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg, your students will know!

Use this resource with your students to practice looking at pronouns in sentences to determine the point of view narration. Your students will be challenged to create new sentences written in first person.

Young historians learn about four pioneering female scientists as they hone their research skills in this Who Am I? Women in Science worksheet.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

Use this play planner to give your students a head start on writing their own play!

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

We all know the classic fairy tale, and now you have a chance to put your own spin on the story of Cinderella! Your kids can let their imaginations take flight as they add their own plot twists and illustrations to the beloved story.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

As students write stories, encourage them to add dialogue to their writing with this fun worksheet. Students practice both correctly punctuating dialogue and adding details to make their writing pop!

Before your child gets started writing research reports, help them learn that not all sources are created equal.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Fact: This resource will give your students practice sorting out facts and opinions in their reading. Students will use this graphic organizer to distinguish between facts and opinions they find in their text and explain their reasoning.

Would you decorate your Christmas tree with spider webs? Learn a wacky Christmas fun fact as you reflect on holiday traditions.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.