Use this open-ended writing activity to assess your students’ abilities to write informational texts and include appropriate text features. Students are asked to write about a topic of their choice using key details and facts, including at least one text

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

Use this worksheet to identify different text features through a fun matching activity.

Use this blank chart to capture student thinking as you explore different text features found in nonfiction books.

This worksheet teaches first graders all about common text features of nonfiction writing.

You can use this set of cards to test your student's knowledge of 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.

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

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

This handy chart helps first graders find text features in the nonfiction books they are reading.

Use this writing prompt activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to write informational texts. Students will use details and facts to convey a topic of their choosing.

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

This resource gives your students practice creating an outline of an informational paragraph.

Use this paragraph frame worksheet to support ELs as they navigate through the process of retelling text using transition words. This template can be used as a scaffold for any fictional text in the classroom!

This worksheet teaches first graders the important role that diagrams play in informational text.

After writing a draft of an informational piece, have students edit their writing with this handy checklist. Students will check their writing for correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, as well as an accurate table of contents.

After writing a draft of an informational piece, have students revise their writing with this handy checklist. Students will work to improve their sentences and add more details and descriptions that will take their writing to the next level.

Editing is more fun with a partner! After writing a draft of an informational piece, this activity gets students working in pairs to improve their writing. Partners will read each other's work and then use this worksheet to provide constructive feedback.

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

This worksheet teaches first graders how to write headings for informational texts.

This reading worksheet highlights important vocabulary words and the main purpose of a text.

Reading fluency is so much more than just following words on a page—it's about finding meaning and making connections! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them share about how it connects to their own lives.