Students will read a fascinating, informational text about fungus, then follow steps to write a conclusion.

Use this open-ended writing activity to assess your students’ abilities to write informational texts and include appropriate text features. Students are asked to write about a topic of their choice using key details and facts, including at least one text

Students will practice writing hook questions and then write their own introduction to an informational text about animals that echo.

Dig deeper into informational texts with this graphic organizer for fourth and fifth graders!

When paired with two types of nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between the text features of printed text and electronic text.

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

This resource gives your students practice creating an outline of an informational paragraph.

This worksheet gives your students practice reading and analyzing informational text to explain the author’s claim and supporting reasons.

Use this exercise to give your students practice gaining information from both the text and the text features. Help your learners build a foundation of comprehension when reading nonfiction text.

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts. This graphic organizer will help your students organize the important information from two informational texts on the same topic.

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

Don’t just read nonfiction—learn from and engage with it in this graphic organizer!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Adjectives in Informational Texts.

Give your students practice organizing informational texts into corresponding paragraphs using indentations!

Use this worksheet to practice identifying and describing text features.

Help your tween regain command of formal writing with this worksheet that translates text grammar back into complete sentences.