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

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

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

This composition prompt asks kids to consider one thing they can do and one thing they can stop doing this Earth Day.

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.

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

They don't make gardens like this anymore. More a combinaton amusement park and treasure trove, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were the spot to visit.

Children are known to be excellent volunteers! Channel this skill and passion for helping others by facilitating a community service project, and then have them use this worksheet to reflect more deeply about their experience.

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.

Calling all chefs! This menu needs a new sandwich item. Can you come up with a delicious and innovative concoction?

Learn about Carl Sagan, an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, and author.

Develop your student's writing skills with this character and setting worksheet. Encourage your students to use interesting adverbs and adjectives in their descriptions.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

Introduce children to the highest-ranking female politician in the United States in this Learning About Nancy Pelosi worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Personal Timeline.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

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

Take a trip back in time to visit the temple of the Greek goddess of the hunt, Artemis!

This activity, complete with sentence frames and a word bank with key words and phrases, can be used to assist those students who need extra support with writing a response.