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Evidence-based Questioning in Non-Fiction

Can You Prove It? Facts and Opinions!

This lesson introduces students to the differences between facts and opinions in an interactive way. Education.com worksheets are used to reinforce the concepts taught in this lesson.

Immigration: Ellis Island

This is a lesson about the immigration procedures at Ellis Island. Students will learn about the process and creatively write about what it was like for immigrants to pass through Ellis Island.

Detective Reading

Roll up your sleeves and get out the magnifying glasses! In this lesson, your students will practice finding supportive details and examples in informational texts.

Journey on the Underground Railroad

This lesson combines historical facts and creative writing to engage students in exercises that enhance both vocabulary and social studies knowledge.

Terracotta Army

If you wanted to protect an underground kingdom, how would you do it?

Picture Walk: A Preview

Use pantomime performance to drive your students to predict, question, and cite main ideas. With this dramatic lesson plan, your class will craftily capture information on a graphic organizer to boost their reading comprehension!

Dive into earth and life science with this book on aquatic biomes. Research reefs, learn wetland animals, and explore the squishy world of swamps in this book about these wet and wild ecosystems.

Kids can practice reading informational texts and explore the periodic table with this introduction to science topics that will extend to high school chemistry and beyond.

Creepy Creatures

Dig into some of the most famous myths and legends across the country. This nonfiction comprehension workbook is complete with writing activities, fill-in-the-blanks, and drawing pages.

History of Cars

Give him this reading worksheet on the history of cars, which traces their steam-powered origins to their green future.

Glyphs and Codes

Explore the role that symbols and codes have in helping us interact with one another. If it's about the art of communication you'll find it in here!

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

They don't make gardens like this anymore. More a combinaton amusement park and treasure trove, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were the spot to visit.

Feel the Fall: Party Activities

This activity book is full of autumn food recipes, fine motor skills practice and fun family party ideas for the fall.

Gutenberg Printing Press

Did you know that people used to write whole books by hand? Learn about Gutenberg's printing press, an invention that revolutionized book-making.

Neroli Fairhall

Learn about the history of archery with a famous Olympian: Neroli Fairhall!

Picture Walk Preview Notes

Track first impressions of a text and kickstart background knowledge using this efficient organizer. This resource goes along with the Picture Walk-A-Preview lesson plan.

Boom: An Activity Book

Create kid-safe experiments out of everyday household materials with 11 exciting science projects that fizz with anticipation and explode with delight.

Reading Comprehension: Problem and Solution 1

With these short fiction passages, your students will identify the problems and solutions.

Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp

Students will learn more about the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp, then write a paragraph explaining their thoughts on the validity of this creature.

Picture Walk Reflections

Previewing text will never be the same! Students can use this resource to track key observations and revisit them to add new insights. Use this organizer with the Picture Walk-A-Preview lesson plan.

Reading Strategies: Determining Importance

Use this resource with your students to practice one of the core reading strategies: determining importance. Support your young learners as they read, judge, justify, and defend their understanding of a text.

Determining Importance

Is that fact important, or is it just interesting? Use this lesson to help your students determine importance in nonfiction text.

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