Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Connections in a Fiction Text.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

Use this exercise to evaluate a fiction text and support judgments with evidence.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Guide students to get the most out of non-fiction texts by thinking about their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know. When they finish, they can trim it to paste into a spiral-bound notebook.

Learn to separate fact from fiction with this comparative worksheet.

Can you tell which things are living or non-living? This is a great way to introduce kids to animal and life sciences.

Kids practice using the prefixes dis-, un-, and non- in this worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction 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.

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

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

Decide what differentiates living vs non-living things! First cut out the items on page 1, and then sort them in the chart on page 2.

What's the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy? Help your student discover the various forms of energy we use each day.

What's a non-identifying clause? It's just a part of a sentence that gives extra info. See where to put the commas with this punctuation worksheet!

This worksheet can help students determine fiction and nonfiction writing styles, an essential part of the first grade language arts curriculum.

This worksheet challenges students to compare and contrast information found in fiction and nonfiction texts.

Would you rather travel through time or travel through space? Explore limitless frontiers while writing science fiction.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Basic Fiction Summaries.

Use this exercise to give your students practice gaining information from both the text and the text features. Help your learners build a foundation of comprehension when reading nonfiction text.

One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!

Use this resource to review important vocabulary terms in the genre of fiction.

Learners will discover seven facts about Mars, then use these and their own research to draft a work of science fiction.

This assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the realistic fiction writing genre.

Children reflect on the importance of a book's setting as they design a travel brochure for a work of fiction they have read.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple non-fiction text features with this table of contents activity. Young readers will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about chameleons.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Basic Fiction Summaries.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problems and Solutions in Fiction.

Not all reading comprehension questions are created equal: some are easily answered by reading the text, while others require looking beyond the text to make inferences. This worksheet teaches students how to ask both kinds of questions as they read.