Challenge your students to find real world examples of the author’s purpose with this text-based scavenger hunt.

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.

The Underground Railroad aided thousands of enslaved Americans on the road to freedom. Students will learn about the leaders of this movement.

Get out those books, open the laptop, and research what Ramadan is all about. Your child can learn valuable research skills while learning about this holiday.

Read sentences from the Constitution to help your students find and understand conditional sentences.

Sink your teeth into some vampire history and lore with this playful Halloween worksheet!

Students will answer questions about a nonfiction text and find quotes to support their answers.

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

History buffs, get ready to learn everything you ever wanted to know about all of our U.S. presidents with a fun matching game!

After reading the last sections of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with these questions!

When students finish reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

Challenge your student's knowledge of the U.S. presidents with this series of match-up games.

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

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.

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 this graphic organizer with your students to reflect and re-imagine story endings with characters from their favorite tales.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students continue reading The Great Fire.

This Louis Pasteur biography goes over his accomplishments, and includes a bacteria-based science activity at the end!

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.

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.

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.

Learn about a mysterious sea creature as you pick out important information for a nonfiction summary.

Your young student will step back in time with this worksheet on the Ming Dynasty. He'll build comprehension skills as he learns some ancient history.

Using paired passages on soil and decomposers, students will compare and contrast information.

Challenge your students to consider the author's intention of a piece of writing. Ask your students to read Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If-" and answer the questions about the author's intent.

Get your students moving with this interactive sorting game!

Learn some interesting history about some of the oldest, and longest, roads in the U.S.! Your child will learn about a famous trade route to Mexico.