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Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

earthquakes text features

Earthquakes: Text Features

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

nonfiction text features checklist

Nonfiction Text Features Checklist

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point of view.

basketball nonfiction text

Basketball: Nonfiction Text

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

text dependent questions for independent reading

Text Dependent Questions for Independent Reading

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.

sidebyside nonfiction text features

Side-By-Side Nonfiction Text Features 

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

answering questions about wild wild weather

Answering Questions About Wild, Wild Weather

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

should i recycle this nonfiction text

Should I Recycle This?: Nonfiction Text

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

making inferences in a fictional text

Making Inferences in a Fictional Text

Who’s voice is MISSING from the nonfiction text? Use this exercise with your students to analyze missing perspectives in informational text.

missing voices nonfiction perspectives

Missing Voices: Nonfiction Perspectives

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

part 1 using visual clues to make inferences

Part 1: Using Visual Clues to Make Inferences

Students will make inferences about feelings and perspectives in a short text.

making inferences about feelings

Making Inferences About Feelings

This worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text. First students will read a short paragraph, then they'll answer questions using words from the text before rewording their answers to make them unique.

movies and main ideas

Movies and Main Ideas

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

making inferences courageous leaders part 2

Making Inferences: Courageous Leaders Part 2

Students will strengthen their reading comprehension with this challenging text and the accompanying questions.

the butterflys ball

The Butterfly's Ball

Read this text about the Great Depression with your students as they build comprehension skills.

the great depression

The Great Depression

Help students learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.

can you spot the main idea

Can You Spot the Main Idea?

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

quotes as evidence 3

Quotes as Evidence #3

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

simple fiction summary

Simple Fiction Summary

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

sea turtle citations paraphrasing  direct quotes

Sea Turtle Citations: Paraphrasing & Direct Quotes

Students will identify the author’s purpose and strengthen their reading comprehension with the questions that follow the text.

the story of the amulet

The Story of the Amulet

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

making connections between fiction and nonfiction

Making Connections Between Fiction and Nonfiction

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

peer discussions ask and answer questions

Peer Discussions: Ask and Answer Questions

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

authors purpose scavenger hunt

Author's Purpose Scavenger Hunt

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!

analyzing elements of fiction visuals

Analyzing Elements of Fiction: Visuals

Invite your students to create a travel brochure about Mexico City and pull key facts from the informational text provided.

make a travel brochure for mexico city

Make a Travel Brochure for Mexico City

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

paraphrasing practice

Paraphrasing Practice

Students will learn fun facts about animals while making inferences about nonfiction text.

making inferences about awesome animals

Making Inferences About Awesome Animals

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

poetry reflections reading log

Poetry Reflections Reading Log

Learn a fun reading strategy and practice writing fiction summaries using a classic text.

writing a fiction summary the wind in the willows

Writing a Fiction Summary: The Wind in the Willows

With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

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