Familiarize with the nonfiction genre by thinking about all the nonfiction you read or see each day.

Learn about famous nonfiction writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Jack London in this fun worksheet, then try writing some nonfiction yourself.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing Nonfiction.

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

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point.

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

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.

This nonfiction text about soccer will help students to practice finding evidence to support the author's point.

Get to know nonfiction text features! Use this resource with your class to compare nonfiction text features for same-topic selections. This resource goes along with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

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.

Give your students a chance to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by creating nonfiction text summaries.

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.

Who’s voice is MISSING from the nonfiction text? Use this exercise with your students to analyze missing perspectives in informational text.

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.