Introduce students to nonfiction genres in their school or local library!

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Nonfiction Details.

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

Help your kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting nonfiction texts using this helpful Venn diagram.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Nonfiction Text Features.

Take a closer look at formatting! Learning how nonfiction text is formatted helps students understand the underlying structure of the information.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Provide your students support as they work on improving their reading comprehension skills by creating a nonfiction text summary.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Nonfiction Details.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Nonfiction Text Features.

Come explore the ocean blue as you dive into this aquatic nonfiction passage!

Reading nonfiction can be tricky, whether read individually or as a group. Young readers will be asked to match common text features to the correct illustrated features in this tree-themed activity.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Summarize a Nonfiction Text.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

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

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

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

Support discussions about main ideas and summarization with these helpful language frames. This worksheet will help your students organize their thoughts and information from a nonfiction paragraph or text.

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

During this pre-reading exercise, your students will rely on nonfiction text features and their own background knowledge to gather information.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.