After students read informational books, have them share and connect their learning by filling out this handy concept map. When they're done, students will have a fun visual representation of what they've learned.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying key ideas by looking for repeated words and phrases in a text.

This worksheet uses the shape of the sun to teach kids how supporting details come out of the main idea of a text like rays.

This worksheet offers helpful preparation for students as they learn to become intentional, careful readers of nonfiction.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

This worksheet teaches students to locate key ideas, provide evidence, and make connections in nonfiction texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

This worksheet focuses on creating a title for a list of details.

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

We all want to learn new skills! This worksheet engages students in thinking about what they’d like to learn to do or make, all while learning about nonfiction texts.

Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

This worksheet helps students identify and make connections between key ideas in nonfiction readings.

This worksheet teaches kids the importance of notetaking while reading using the shape of a well-known object: a tree!

In this language arts worksheet, students read a nonfiction text then represent what they read by creating a helpful chart.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Topic.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

This one page printable features the Hanukkah story for kids in a very short version.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Sharing Facts from Nonfiction.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

As students read informational books, encourage them to use sticky notes to record what they learn. Help them keep track of the information they learn with this helpful worksheet.

Teach kids the art of book recommendations with this fill-in-the-blank worksheet.

Have students record questions on sticky notes as they are reading, then they'll compile them all on this helpful worksheet before tracking down and recording their answers.

Help your kindergarten students think about key ideas they’ve learned about penguins using this helpful worksheet.