Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Use this reading worksheet to help second and third graders learn about the inspiring work of Jane Goodall, famous scientist and conservationist.

Help your students practice their informational reading skills as they learn about leafcutter ants!

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.

Students learn to retell familiar stories by sharing about one of their favorite books. Students will share important details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop and practice reading comprehension by sharing about books they’ve read. After taking turns telling a partner all about their chosen books, students will write or draw about what their partner shared.

Who doesn't love sharing about a good book? Your students will love writing and drawing about their books in this reading comprehension activity. After students read independently, have them share about what they read using this fun worksheet.

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

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

Use this fun and interesting worksheets about maps to help your students use sentence level context clues, examples, and logic to decode text and become more fluent in reading informational text.

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

This engaging activity helps students practice retelling stories by recounting the details of a favorite story, movie, or TV show. Students are asked to write a paragraph about the beginning, middle, and end of the story, as well as illustrate one of the

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.

This activity adds a discussion element to nonfiction reading. Use this worksheet to get your students thinking about facts in the books they read.

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Read about Pete and all of his pets in this story. 

Is your child crazy about sharks? Give him a fun and informational coloring page, all about the great white shark!

Who is telling the story? Words like I, me, she, and he can help figure this out! Use this exercise with your students to practice determining who is telling the story.

Summarizing a whole book can be daunting, so why not start with just one page? Help students to retell information they’ve read in nonfiction books by choosing one page to summarize.

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

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Beginning readers will love this short story by Rudyard Kipling, all about how the animals were first domesticated.

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.

Kids who love space can learn all about the heroic Sally Ride, the first American woman to venture into space.

Practice reading nonfiction and making connections in a text with this informational worksheet all about George Washington!

Did you know there is a shark that's nocturnal? Learn all about the nurse shark with a fun and informative coloring page!

Come explore the ocean blue as you dive into this aquatic nonfiction passage!

Your students will love learning all about this fascinating historical figure while also practicing reading comprehension and reading response skills.

The classic children's fable "Stone Soup" is all about sharing! Share this story with your young reader to build basic comprehension skills.