Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple non-fiction text features with this table of contents activity. Young readers will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about chameleons.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

One of the best ways to prepare for writing is by examining another author’s work. In this activity, students look closely at a nonfiction text and answer questions about what they find in preparation for writing their own.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Reinforce grammar and comprehension as you support your students in understanding the elements of a fictional text! In this activity, students will practice identifying verbs and rewriting the beloved story of "The Frog Prince" in their own word

Stretch student understanding of story sequencing into a summary with this graphic organizer. Students will start by jotting down quick notes to remember each part of the story, then they'll use their notes to write a complete summary of the text.

Engage students in reading before they even start! Students prepare for reading a nonfiction text by looking at the pictures in the book and answering a series of questions that get them thinking about what they already know about the topic.

This short nonfiction text will provide students with an opportunity to become more comfortable with identifying and defining academic vocabulary words—and they'll have fun learning all about the life cycle of a chicken in the process!

Help your students to visually interpret a scene from their book with this illustration worksheet! After students read, they’ll make the picture in their minds come to life by drawing their favorite scene and quoting a passage from the text.

Reading is so much more than just following words on a page—it's about deriving meaning from the text! Have your students read independently, and then check for comprehension by having them draw and write about their favorite parts.

Your students will demonstrate understanding of a short fiction text by answering who, when, what, where, why, and how questions. Use this as an introduction to the vocabulary in the EL Support Lesson: Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions.

Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Comparing and contrasting two nonfiction texts becomes a lot easier with this organizational chart and the suggestions it provides.

Early Learners become word detectives as they uncover the secret message by identifying beginning sounds of picture clues!

Comparing and contrasting multiple nonfiction texts can be a challenge for young readers, but this guide helps support students with this important skill.

This worksheet helps students learn from pictures and captions in nonfiction texts while also answering comprehension questions.

Early readers can use picture clues to help figure out new or unknown words. In this reading fluency worksheet, students learn how examining pictures for context clues can help them decode text.

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop and practice reading comprehension by sharing about books they’ve read. After taking turns telling a partner all about their chosen books, students will write or draw about what their partner shared.

This worksheet teaches first graders how to write headings for informational texts.

Turn your early learners into detectives as they listen for ending sounds to reveal a hidden messege.

This nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet is a fun, approachable way for students to practice identifying key ideas from nonfiction texts.

Have your second and third graders think like detectives as they crack the code and solve the compound word mystery!

Can you crack the code? Early learners turn into beginning letter sound detectives as they use picture clues to reveal a mystery sentence.

Procedural texts are a great way to engage students in reading nonfiction. This worksheet has students writing their own how-to texts.

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

So what on earth is this funky creature? He is a Louisiana Pancake Batfish, one of several brand new species discovered within the past two years.

Bring a fun camping mystery to life for second- and third-grade students with an engaging reading comprehension activity!

In this classic fable by Aesop, the tortoise learns an important lesson when he catches a ride into the sky with a duck. Exposing kids to classic texts like "The Tortoise and the Duck" is a great way to give them important reading practice.

Kids rate stories and share favorite texts in this worksheet.