In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

Maximize what your students learn from reading nonfiction by having them fill out a KWL chart before and after reading.

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying key ideas by looking for repeated words and phrases in a text.

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

When reading nonfiction books, it’s important to understand the meaning of related vocabulary words. In this activity, students identify sentences that include key vocabulary. When they're done they'll hold the key to reading success!

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

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Engage students in reading before they even start! Students prepare for reading a nonfiction text by looking at the pictures in the book and answering a series of questions that get them thinking about what they already know about the topic.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

This worksheet teaches kids the importance of notetaking while reading using the shape of a well-known object: a tree!

This worksheet uses the shape of the sun to teach kids how supporting details come out of the main idea of a text like rays.

This worksheet focuses on creating a title for a list of details.

After students read informational books, have them share and connect their learning by filling out this handy concept map. When they're done, students will have a fun visual representation of what they've learned.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

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

Have students record questions on sticky notes as they are reading, then they'll compile them all on this helpful worksheet before tracking down and recording their answers.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

Teach kids the art of book recommendations with this fill-in-the-blank worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

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

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

Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Help students get the most out of their reading with this super helpful question and answer tracker. Before students read nonfiction books, have them make a list of information they’d like to learn. As they read, have students track the information on thi