Use a video to introduce summarizing to your students. Then have them practice the skill on a story of their choice with our guided interactive activity. 

Essential Question: How can summarizing help you better understand what you read?

Use a slideshow to introduce what the main idea is to your students. Then have them practice the skill on a story of their choice with our guided interactive activity.

Essential Question: How can finding the main idea help you better remember what you’ve read?

Use a video to introduce inference to your students. Then have them practice the skill on a story of their choice with our guided interactive activity.

Essential Question: How can making inferences help you better understand what you read?

Use the slideshow to introduce what theme is to your students. Then have them practice the skill on a story of their choice with our guided interactive activity.

Essential Question: How might understanding a story's theme help you think about situations in your own life?

Use the video to introduce what plot is to your students. Then have them practice the skill on a story of their choice with our guided interactive activity.

Essential Question: How can knowing the parts of a plot help you better understand a story?

Use the slideshow to introduce what text structure is to your students. Then have them practice the skill on a story of their choice with our guided interactive activity.

Essential Question: How can understanding a text’s structure make it easier to read?

In each issue, Vocab Lab celebrates the weird, wild, and wonderful world of words. Explore our different vocabulary-building features in this Vocabulary Skill Collection.

Students can practice grammar skills while reading fascinating facts about a variety of topics.