Maximize what your students learn from reading nonfiction by having them fill out a KWL chart before and after reading.

Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.

Help your active readers identify key vocabulary and important details with the help of two graphic organizers!

Students will identify supporting details, in the form of adverbial phrases, in a nonfiction text excerpt.

In this worksheet, students will learn how to use adverbial phrases in their writing.

Students underline key details, such as vocabulary and important information, to strengthen reading comprehension.

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

Help your kindergarten students identify the main topic and key ideas in nonfiction texts using this fun horse-themed worksheet.

Children learn about Día de los Muertos as they practice finding and supporting the main idea in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

As your students complete this close reading exercise, they will learn about the Transcontinental Railroad while practicing their active reading skills.

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

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

Ever wonder why we hunt for Easter eggs? Discover how this spring holiday was started with this interesting look at the history of Easter.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts.

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

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

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

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.

With a movie word search and fascinating info about early films, this set of reading and writing worksheets is sure to entertain your budding movie-lover!

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

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

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: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

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

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

Introduce children to the highest-ranking female politician in the United States in this Learning About Nancy Pelosi worksheet.

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

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