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

A soldier meets a mysterious stranger in a graveyard. Could this be the dark figure that townsfolk have seen darting in and out of the shadows?

With this exercise, students will think deeply about their reading by describing important events, asking questions, and making comparisons.

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

It's time to saddle up for the Olympics! Learn more about the equestrian events at the Olympics with this reading worksheet.

In this worksheet, children read about the March on Washington, the ideals that inspired it,  and the people who attended it.

Students make sense of literary elements like protagonists and challenges while drawing comparisons between fiction texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Personal Timeline.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sentence Structures for Summarizing.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elections and Conditions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Signal Cause and Effect.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

These bookmarks will provide thinking frames for your students as they read, encouraging deeper thinking and strengthening comprehension.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparative and Superlative.

Previewing text will never be the same! Students can use this resource to track key observations and revisit them to add new insights. Use this organizer with the Picture Walk-A-Preview lesson plan.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Fact & Opinion Statements with Adjectives.

In this old Nigerian folk tale, a young villager ends up marrying a real bonehead. (Sorry, we had to.)

These worksheets are all about the 180-degree rule, an important film technique. If your kid loves movies, then she'll love this chance to go behind the scenes.

Stay on course in this puzzle by following only the tundra biome animals.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using Text Features for Comprehension.

Learn about famous nonfiction writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Jack London in this fun worksheet, then try writing some nonfiction yourself.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Distinguish Between Facts and Opinions.

Learn more about legendary comedian Groucho Marx in this nonfiction reading sheet from our Jewish-American Heroes series.

Get the best of the season, and write your own winter bucket list! This is a great exercise for helping kids set and keep goals.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Information from Multiple Sources.

After reading a nonfiction text about the history, sights, and people of Vancouver, your student will create their own informational brochure about the city.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Shifting Points of View.