Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Procedural texts are a great way to engage students in reading nonfiction. This worksheet has students writing their own how-to texts.

How do different plants respond to hot or cold temperatures? In this hands-on worksheet, students will analyze two different texts, comparing and contrasting details in both texts.

A great way to introduce nonfiction to early readers, this Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz biography breaks down important information into readable passages.

Use this exercise to teach your students to identify nouns and associated pronouns in captions. Then, challenge them to create captions for illustrations.

Jane Goodall has devoted her life to studying animals in the wild. This worksheet should spark an interest in research and recording in kids who love animals.

Does this shark look strange to you? Learn all about why his tail is so long with a fun and informative coloring page!

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. This activity will get students talking, listening, and writing! They'll take turns sharing about the book they've read before writing a summary of their partner's book.

This exercise is designed to reinforce the concept of comparing and contrasting two texts on the same topic. Your students will write complete sentences with the support of sentence frames.

Help your kindergarten students identify the main topic and key ideas in nonfiction texts using this fun pet-themed worksheet.

Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked to create the first calculations to send humans into space. Learn more about this inspiring woman with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

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

These pictures have a lot to say! The animals in this worksheet don't talkÃbut they can tell you a lot about what they're like by the way they look.

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

During this reading exercise, students will work in small groups to look at various sample passages and sort them based on firsthand or secondhand accounts.

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

This resource helps your EL students identify and explain charts, graphs, and diagrams.

Do you know what a memoir is? This worksheet will tell you and show you some great examples from famous memoirs.

This worksheet offers helpful preparation for students as they learn to become intentional, careful readers of nonfiction.

Got a curious kid at home? Help him discover more about the kangaroo, the national animal of Australia and a favorite of zoo-goers everywhere.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to compare and contrast the effects of different weather phenomena.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

This worksheet prompts students to identify and find different text features to build their reading comprehension skills.

Learn all about legendary magician Harry Houdini in this nonfiction reading worksheet.

If your child prefers scaly and slithery to soft and fluffy, here's a worksheet on the goanna, a large lizard that lives in Australia.

When paired with nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between two accounts of the same event.

Meet one of the most well-known Native American women in our country's history--Sacagawea!

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

The Battle of Camden was a low point for the American forces in the Revolutionary War. Discover the errors made at the battle in this worksheet.

If you wanted to protect an underground kingdom, how would you do it?