Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

Do you know why hammerhead sharks have such a funny-shaped head? Here's a fun and informational shark coloring page for you and your child to share!

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple nonfiction text features with this delicious index activity. Young readers will practice using an cookbook index to locate information about tasty desserts.

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

This worksheet teaches first graders to be literature sleuths by identifying which of the sample texts are fiction and which are nonfiction.

This worksheet teaches students to locate key ideas, provide evidence, and make connections in nonfiction texts.

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

This set of picture cards can help students to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details.

In this historical heroes worksheet, children are introduced to Booker T. Washington, who rose from slavery to help found Tuskegee University and advocate for the educational and civl rights of fellow African Americans.

Want to meet a real-life Mulan? Read up on Deborah Sampson, a barrier-breaking woman who fought for equality in the armed forces.

Election season is here, so pull out the crayons and let your future voter dive into the world of politics.

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.

Using this Venn diagram, young readers will compare and contrast two thematically similar works of nonfiction.

We all want to learn new skills! This worksheet engages students in thinking about what they’d like to learn to do or make, all while learning about nonfiction texts.

Children are introduced to author, activist, and poet Maya Angelou in this historial heroes worksheet.

Give your child the tools to decide the difference between fact and opinion with this fun and simple exercise. In this worksheet, children will identify which statements can be proven to be true and which are based on a personal view.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fact or Opinion.

After reading informational books, have students share a summary with a partner. Then have them write out their retelling using this worksheet. Students will be masters of their topics when all is said and done!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

Show kids how to sort fact from fiction with this worksheet.

Want to get your kids thinking critically about what they're reading? This fruit-themed Venn diagram alternative will help students to compare and contrast two topics or books during or after reading nonfiction texts.

Introduce children to Italian Christmas traditions with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.

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

Can you imagine celebrating Christmas in the summer? That's what the people in New Zealand do!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.

As students read multiple nonfiction books about a topic, they’ll begin to learn more. Help them organize their notes and keep track of the new information they're learning with this fun book-themed graphic organizer!

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

Identify three facts from a work of nonfiction, then draw a picture and write a caption for each.

As students read nonfiction books, have them keep track of the fun facts they're learning using this graphic organizer. After collecting five interesting facts in the bubbles, students can use them to write a summary of the book.