Time to have your students don their detective hats and magnifying glass as they assume the role of word detective! This fun worksheet will help your first graders learn sight words by recognizing them in classroom books.

Help students practice close reading with this character detective worksheet.

Use this worksheet to give children a challenge as they use context clues and their detective skills to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Have your kids put on their detective hats to solve the case of the missing letters! Students are encouraged to slow down and listen to each sound they hear. By working as word detectives, students learn how to segment words into different sounds.

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.

Put on your detective hats because it's time for a measurement hunt! In this activity, students search for objects around the classroom that are shorter/longer than the given items. Your kids will have fun hunting for items and drawing what they find.

Use this worksheet to practice identifying and describing text features.

Turn text messages full of abbreviated language and lacking punctuation into proper English.

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

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

Practice finding and identifying text features with your second grader using this helpful checklist.

In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.

As your students hunt for various text features, they’ll learn that these features provide important information about the text they’re reading!

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Fictional Text.

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

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

Fluent readers are able to derive meaning from the text and make connections! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them share how it connects to other books they've read.

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.