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Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

After independent reading, have students record and reflect. Young readers will demonstrate their ability to summarize and respond to their reading, and a log is a fun way for them to track their progress. Make copies of this log to use again and again!

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

This worksheet challenges first graders to find out the main idea of the passage.

As students read nonfiction books, have them keep track of the fun facts they're learning using this graphic organizer. After collecting five interesting facts in the bubbles, students can use them to write a summary of the book.

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

Give your students a chance to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details in a nonfiction text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Topic.

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

This set of picture cards can help students to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details.

Support students to construct summaries of informational books by using the sentence frames on this handy worksheet. Your students will get useful practice retelling what they've learned from their nonfiction reading.

Students become authors as they dream up the best book ever with this worksheet.

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

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.

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

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.

Have students record new words in this organizer and jot down what they think they mean.

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

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. In this activity, students write a summary—in speech form!—of a book that they read. For added fun, have them give their speeches to a partner—or even the whole class!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figuring Out Tricky Words.

Nonfiction books are jam-packed with information, which is why it’s important to read them more than once! This worksheet encourages students to reread nonfiction, summarizing what they learned with pictures and words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Sharing Facts from Nonfiction.