Students will have oodles of fun building essential reading skills with rib-tickling versions of beloved fairy tales turned into read-aloud plays Even your most reluctant readers won't be able to resist these hilarious twists on their favorite tales- Spiderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bullfrogs, The Popsicle Boy, Little Late Riding Hood, The Cheetah and the Sloth, Rafunzel and many more Plus: Each play comes complete with instant discussion starters, vocabulary boosters, imaginative writing prompts, and a brief history of the fairy tale.

Teachers can motivate even their most reluctant readers with this irresistible collection of read-aloud plays These laugh-out-loud twists on favorite folktales include Jack and the Giant Sunflower, Claynocchio, The Prince Frog, Three Silly Goats Gruff, Queen Midas, and many more. Each play comes complete with a brief history of the original tale, a list of key vocabulary, and instant discussion starters and writing prompts-all to help put children on the path to reading with fluency and comprehension.

Give students the strategies they need to determine the meaning of new words encountered in text without turning to a dictionary! Each reproducible card contains a high-interest mini-passage and five key questions to hone this must-know skill--in just ten minutes a day. Cards provide guided support to help students use a range of context clues to arrive at a word's meaning. Includes a rich mix of fiction and nonfiction passages. A great way to boost standardized test scores!

Your students' comprehension--and writing--abilities will soar with this big collection of no-prep, task cards that teach all about figurative language! Each reproducible card contains a high-interest mini-passage and five key questions to hone must-know skills--in just ten minutes a day. Cards provide guided support to help students master idioms, metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, understatement, irony, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and more. Perfect for ESL students and aspiring writers!

Add this set of 100 text cards to your classroom routine and watch students' comprehension abilities skyrocket! Each reproducible card contains a high-interest mini-passage and five key questions to hone must-know inference skills--in just 10 minutes a day. Cards provide guided support to help students learn to effectively read between the lines in both fiction and nonfiction texts. A great way to boost standardized test taking scores!