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

A cinquain poem is a five line poem that does not rhyme. Your students can read an example of a cinquain poem, then try writing a few of their own.

Children will love this imaginative worksheet that invites them to identify the main idea of a movie plot by coming up with a title for it!

This shark is anything but fearsome, in fact, he's a bit adorable! Give your child a fun and informative coloring page, all about the whale shark.

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

Children get to know Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor with this All About Sonia Sotomayor Reader.

It’s census time! Travel back to 1930 to analyze the census data for the household of Walt Disney.

Use this final discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapter 15 through the end of Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water.

Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked to create the first calculations to send humans into space. Learn more about this inspiring woman with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Has your little one been nice this year? Give him this colorful template to write out his Christmas list for Santa!

Review Civil War key terms and people with this history sheet. Your child will decide which terms describe the Confederacy and which describe the Union.

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

You may not realize how many beloved books and award-winning movies are historical fiction. Get a taste of historical fiction and try writing some yourself.

Make reading time fun, with this classic short story by Rudyard Kipling. Then, complete a few comprehension activities on "How the Alphabet Was Made."

This Rapunzel story is missing some picturesâand in the wrong order! Test reading comprehension skills by arranging the events in the most logical order.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Sequence with Signal Words.

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.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when using description.

Learn all about the biography genre, including autobiography and journalism, and read some classic excerpts from its famous authors.

Encourage your child to read more by giving her a series of fun coloring pages that tell a story! She'll get to enjoy a Japanese folktale as she colors.

After reading a short text about a new puppy, students gain practice making predictions about what will happen next.

It’s time to put your prediction power to work! However, no one prediction is guaranteed to be correct. In this worksheet, students come up with three possible things that might happen in the book they select.

Use this activity with your students to compare themes between fiction texts.

Introduce children to American playwright Lorraine Hanberry, who was only 29 years old when she won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play for "A Raisin in the Sun."

Learning about text features, such as Table of Contents, is an important part of learning how to read.

Early readers practice using context clues to order a simple story in this appealing worksheet.

Children learn about the Sit-In movement in the United States, whereby Americans staged nonviolent sit-ins to protest businesses' racist segregationist policies.

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.

Check if your students can use drawings to depict key moments in a story!

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!