During this pre-reading exercise, your students will rely on nonfiction text features and their own background knowledge to gather information.

Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

Learners will read and interpret three types of nonfiction text features in this three-page practice worksheet.

Ever wonder how the plasma TV came to be? Read a brief history of the television with this ode to inventors.

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

Dictionary skills are an important part of learning to read and write. Help your little learner understand the different parts of a dictionary entry.

Have your movie lover read about the history of movies, and then test her reading comprehension as she arranges the events to complete a timeline.

Get ready for some active reading! As your students read through this passage, they will underline key words and reinforce their understanding of words in context.

Want to meet a real-life Mulan? Read up on Deborah Sampson, a barrier-breaking woman who fought for equality in the armed forces.

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.

Reading nonfiction can be tricky, whether read individually or as a group. Young readers will be asked to match common text features to the correct illustrated features in this tree-themed activity.

Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

Help your students to visually interpret a scene from their book with this illustration worksheet! After students read, they’ll make the picture in their minds come to life by drawing their favorite scene and quoting a passage from the text.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when comparing and contrasting.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when using description.

Shake up your science studies with this worksheet about earthquakes.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Use this handy genre guide to teach students about 14 different genres!