Evidence + reasoning = an inference! This helpful tool will help your students add up the pieces to make strong inferences as they read.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Have students use this worksheet during partnership discussions to ask and answer questions about a topic or text.

In this reading worksheet, just in time for Halloween, kids can read all about Fred Fisher, the star of Australia's most famous ghost story.

Study the contributions of African American jazz legends with this worksheet on master bassist Charles Mingus.

Help your child understand the importance of preserving the environment, with this info-sheet about an endangered species: the Iranian jerboa.

Did you know that people used to write whole books by hand? Learn about Gutenberg's printing press, an invention that revolutionized book-making.

Meet Charles Darwin, the man responsible for the theory of evolution and many other revolutionary scientific discoveries.

Learn about Jewish-American baseball player Sandy Koufax, a baseball legend who's considered one of the greatest Jewish-American athletes in history.

Learn to identify first, second, and third person perspective in writing!

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.

A great way to introduce nonfiction to early readers, this Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz biography breaks down important information into readable passages.

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Use this resource to track what your student knows (K), wants to know (W), and learned (L) about a nonfiction topic.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Poetic Personification.

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

Kids will learn more about the meaning of a monster hoax and read about some of the most famous hoaxes.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

You may not know of Dr. Jonas Salk, but your life has certainly been affected by him! This famous scientist created the polio vaccine.

Get to know one of the most unique and colorful monkeys, the red-shanked douc langur. Read about why they are an endangered species with this info-sheet.

Did you know that Queen Isabella of Spain paid for Columbus' expedition to the New World? Read more about this interesting woman in history.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Shifting Points of View.

Learn about the plants and animals that make deciduous forests their home, then complete the crossword puzzle.

Children reflect on the importance of a book's setting as they design a travel brochure for a work of fiction they have read.

With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fact or Opinion.

If you wanted to protect an underground kingdom, how would you do it?

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Asking Deeper Questions.

Not all reading comprehension questions are created equal: some are easily answered by reading the text, while others require looking beyond the text to make inferences. This worksheet teaches students how to ask both kinds of questions as they read.