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

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

Learn about the grasslands biome, then use your knowledge to unscramble the missing words of the paragraph that follows.

This worksheet provides students with an opportunity to closely examine the difference between a topic and main idea in a nonfiction text. After reading and completing Part 1 as a class, challenge your students to complete Part 2 on their own or with a pa

This activity guides your readers towards the key details and shows kids how to effectively underline while reading.

Children learn about Día de los Muertos as they practice finding and supporting the main idea in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

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

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

Kids who are just starting to read nonfiction can get their feet wet with this easy Julia Child biography that has a quick comprehension exercise at the end.

Help your active readers identify key vocabulary and important details with the help of two graphic organizers!

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

Students underline key details, such as vocabulary and important information, to strengthen reading comprehension.

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.

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.

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 bubble map to compare two things in a visually-appealing way.

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.

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

Introduce children to the highest-ranking female politician in the United States in this Learning About Nancy Pelosi worksheet.

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

Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Prepositional Phrases as Key Details.

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

As students read informational books, encourage them to use sticky notes to record what they learn. Help them keep track of the information they learn with this helpful worksheet.