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2nd - 8th Grade Common Core Nonfiction Passages Resources

Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Main Idea: Working Dogs

Explore the many ways people around the world embrace winter in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Informational Reading Comprehension: The Art of Embracing Cold Weather

Learn all about The Mayflower, the famous ship the Pilgrims made their great journey in.

The Mayflower

Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

Find the Main Idea: Shark

As your students complete this reading comprehension exercise, they will learn about their lungs while practicing active reading skills.

Identifying the Main Idea & Details

Learn all about the fascinating field of food science in this four-page informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Extended Informational Reading Comprehension: Food Science 

Help your third grader practice following directions on how to build a tornado in a bottle, and build his reading comprehension skills in the process.

Reading for Comprehension: Following Directions

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

Learning About the Ocean

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

Nonfiction Text Features: Wild, Wild Weather

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this Hip-Hop Music worksheet!

History of Hip Hop Music

In this worksheet, students will read about Anne Frank, then complete a chart identifying cause and effect.

Understanding Cause and Effect: The Life of Anne Frank 

Read an enlightening passage about light pollution and learn ways to bring back the dark night skies in this three-page reading comprehension worksheet!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Where Are the Stars? 

What&rsquo;s all the buzz about beekeeping? Give students this four-page nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet to find out!

Extended Informational Reading Comprehension: The Buzz About Beekeeping

In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

Day of the Dead

Introduce children to Italian Christmas traditions with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Christmas in Italy

Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nonfiction Text Features: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Use this worksheet to help your child learn a little bit about the North Pole!

The North Pole

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

Starfish Text Features

In this fascinating worksheet, children learn about the history of chocolate, from its ancient ceremonial use to the invention of the chocolate candy bar.

Chocolate: A Short and Sweet History

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #1

Develop reading comprehension with this video game passage. Ask your students to read the excerpt, then answer questions about the main ideas and details.

Video Games: Not Just for Fun

Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.

Identify the Author's Purpose

Have your third grader practice their reading fluency with this passage about Autumn.

Reading Fluency: Autumn

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of George Washington Carver

Do your students know the difference between Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day? This reading comprehension worksheet will teach them about the similarities and differences of the holidays. First, they&rsquo;ll read a passage that provides facts ab

Compare and Contrast: Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Veterans Day

Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.

History of Fireworks

Explore a fascinating period of U.S. history with this informational reading worksheet about the Harlem Renaissance.

Informational Reading Comprehension: The Harlem Renaissance: A Legacy of Culture, Creativity, and Change

Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Ellen Ochoa

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details

Explore the physics at play in roller coasters with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Physics at Play: Roller Coasters

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