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

Use this exercise to give your students practice using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

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

Children follow along the incredible life story of Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery to rescue hundreds of other enslaved people.

Use this resource with your students to practice relating to the text by making connections. Your students will practice making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections as they read literature or informational text.

Children learn about George Washington Carver, who rose from slavery to become a leading agricultural pioneer, innovator, inventor, and educator, in this historical heroes worksheet.

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Explore history with famous female navigator Sacagawea. Sacagawea was a Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark find their way across the west.

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.

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.

These fun dog-themed worksheets will help fifth graders practice their reading comprehension skills.

In this yummy exercise, students will differentiate between statements of fact and opinion as they read all about chocolate!

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

With this worksheet, your students will connect the key ideas of this nonfiction text and identify the cause and effect relationships.

Kids will sharpen their dictionary skills with this challenging guide words sort. By sorting a group of words into their correct dictionary locations, young readers will gain confidence and dexterity in their reading and vocabulary abilities.

This worksheet on Etta James celebrates the legacy of this African American singer of soul and jazz.

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.

Young historians will love learning facts about the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericson while practicing their reading comprehension and writing skills.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

Step right up to the most famous wall on Earth! Spanning nearly four thousand miles, the Great Wall of China is one of the oldest wonders of the world.

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.

Read this text about the Great Depression with your students as they build comprehension skills.

Feel inspired to move to the beat with our reading comprehension exercise about Mexican music. Kids answer questions about the article in this writing worksheet.

Learn about Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a Chinese-American suffragist, activist, and minister of the early 20th century with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Children learn the inspiring life story of historical hero Frederick Douglass, who rose from slavery to become a preeminent leader of the abolitionist movement, in this worksheet.

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!