Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

Use this worksheet to give your students confidence in reading nonfiction texts by familiarizing them with visual elements like diagrams, photographs, illustrations, and charts.

Use this ocean-themed worksheet to measure your students' understanding of simple nonfiction text features. Your little bookworm will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about the whole book.

Get this earth science worksheet that will challenge your child's knowledge of volcanoes and teach him some new vocabulary.

Oh no, this story has gotten all jumbled! Practice recognizing story order by putting these panels back together.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

This worksheet guides second graders in previewing a text using the title, table of contents, and graphics.

Help your little bookworm get to know the layout of a table of contents! Learners deconstruct this sample table of contents by answering the questions.

Kids will practice listening and speaking skills in this interactive vocabulary activity. Students will pair up and take turns responding to questions about difficult words they've encountered and what they learned by using context clues and a dictionary.

Students learn how to identify and locate text features with this informational writing worksheet.

Nonfiction books have a variety of text features. But they could sometimes use more! In this activity, students analyze the existing text features in a book and create a new feature to add.

Arrr you ready for a treasure hunt story? These pirates have gotten their story all jumbled! Help them put it back in order.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple non-fiction text features with this table of contents activity. Young readers will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about chameleons.

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

Both of these animals have big ears! Your child will look at the pictures of unusual animals in this worksheet and try to learn some new things about them.

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 how to write headings for informational 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.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Searching for Text Features.

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

Help your students to visually interpret a scene from their book with this illustration worksheet! After students read, they’ll make the picture in their minds come to life by drawing their favorite scene and quoting a passage from the text.

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

There's a happy-looking, big-eared bat and some fun facts on this coloring page! And it's a great way to start a talk about endangered animals with your child.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Searching for Text Features.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Dictionaries & Definitions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.