This travel brochure activity summarizes the fascinating history behind the birthplace of the Renaissance.

This worksheet helps students identify and make connections between key ideas in nonfiction readings.

First, students will read a biography of Amelia Boynton Robinson, and then respond to comprehension questions, using text evidence.

Use this resource with your students to practice one of the core reading strategies: activating prior knowledge.

In this language arts worksheet, students read a nonfiction text then represent what they read by creating a helpful chart.

Your students will be amazed to learn about different types of fungus in this nonfiction reading exercise!

If your child is reading a novel for school, encourage him to draw parallels to the real world in this fun news scavenger hunt.

During this activity, students will learn about Japan's capital city, Tokyo and create their own travel brochure.

Will visitors see leprechauns while visiting in Dublin? Tell your researching students to find out with this travel brochure activity!

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky reading exercise, where you'll learn all about werewolves! Read up on the history behind these legendary beasts.

Use this glossary with the lesson plan EL Support Lesson: Wild and Windy Weather.

Use these vocabulary cards with the lesson plan EL Support Lesson: Wild and Windy Weather.

Help your kindergarten students think about key ideas they’ve learned about penguins using this helpful worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Describing Our Homes.

This open ended worksheet is a great way for students to practice sharing their opinions of read alouds while working on their reading comprehension skills.

What's the best way to get to know a city? Play tourist! In this activity, students create a travel brochure on the 2008 Olympic host city, Beijing.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Connections in a Fiction Text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare with Adjectives.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sharing Opinions About Stories.

Your students will pick their favorite information and create a travel brochure all about Amsterdam, complete with a map!

Budding researchers will head Down Under to learn about Melbourne, Australia, in this engaging project.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare with Adjectives.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sharing Opinions About Stories.

Encourage students to turn vacations into educational experiences. This activity asks students to research a famous destination, pull key information, and plug that information into a travel brochure.

As your students read the nonfiction text in this travel brochure activity, they will learn about the many cultures that have enriched the diverse city of Lisbon.

Students will pick their favorite facts about the city of Prague and create their own travel brochure, complete with a map.

After reading a nonfiction text about the history, sights, and people of Vancouver, your student will create their own informational brochure about the city.

About 14 million people visit the historic city of Berlin each year. Give your students the opportunity to study and share historic facts and places in Germany's capital with this brochure exercise.