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

Learn about these surprisingly diverse biomes, then test your biome and geography know-how with a desert-mapping activity.

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

Visual and multimedia elements in fiction texts enhance the reader’s experience. Character perspectives, use of language, and creative text physical features bring stories to life!

Children learn about three women who emerged as influential photographers during the Great Depression in the United States through the FSA program.

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

Students will cite stanzas from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their poetry readings and share thoughts, feelings, and ideas about the text.

Students will cite instances of cause and effect from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their fiction readings.

Poetry is a vibrant genre, especially as infused with visual and multimedia elements. Use this graphic organizer with your class to analyze such features in poetry.

In Timeline of Sonia Sotomayor's Life (So Far), third and fourth graders reference a timeline of Sotomayor's life to answer questions about her life.

Review Civil War key terms and people with this history sheet. Your child will decide which terms describe the Confederacy and which describe the Union.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Analyzing Primary Sources with Past Tense Verbs.

Get to know nonfiction text features! Use this resource with your class to compare nonfiction text features for same-topic selections. This resource goes along with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring with Visual Elements.

When paired with two types of nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between the text features of printed text and electronic text.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Text Features and Their Purposes.

Visual and multimedia elements in scripts and plays enhance the reader’s experience and give important directions for how to translate texts for an audience. Get your class analyzing scripts with such elements using this graphic organizer.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Revolutionary War Vocabulary.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Text Features Evaluation.

This resource helps your EL students identify and explain charts, graphs, and diagrams.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring with Visual Elements.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Text Features Evaluation.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Understand Text Features.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Introduction to Charts and Diagrams.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Analyzing Primary Sources with Past Tense Verbs.

Students will explore how illustrations can help deepen their understanding of a text.