Help students plan their informational writing with this graphic organizer!

Research your dream career with this graphic organizer! Pick a career to learn about, and then compile your notes in this worksheet.

Getting ready to write an informational essay? Use this five-page outline to help think through the next stages of the informational writing process!

Have middle school students use these writing prompts as a jumping off point as they set out to write an informational essay.

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Use this Evaluating Sources Checklist to help students evaluate their sources for relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability.

Use this middle school worksheet to introduce learners to the MLA 8th edition format for citing sources and writing a bibliography.

Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!

When writing an informational essay, start with gathering information with the help of this research graphic organizer template.

Integrate writing and science with this research graphic organizer in which students research and record information about an invasive species in their local region.

Invite learners to research Ramadan and record their findings using this festive research template!

Guide student research about women’s suffrage around the world with this two-page research graphic organizer!

After reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help learners make connections between the book and their community with this engaging extension activity.

Learners will learn about a winter holiday, then complete the graphic organizer with their notes, using this festive research template.

Prepare students for reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor by accessing and building background knowledge!

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, students explore the part boycotts have played in the country’s history.

Invite learners to research Passover and record their findings using this appealing research template!

Invite learners to research Easter and record their findings using this spring-inspired research template!

After finishing Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students explore the role that resistance played in the Holocaust.

After finishing the book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, students explore the world of nonrenewable and renewable energy.

Before reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, use this pre-reading activity to build background knowledge and engagement. 

Explore the elements of Hanukkah with this research template created for fourth through eighth graders!

Discover the meaning and celebration of Kwanzaa with this research worksheet designed for fourth through eighth graders!

Uncover the history and traditions of Christmas with this research organizer created for fourth through eighth graders!