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Learn to separate fact from fiction with this comparative worksheet.

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

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

Get into a mad scientist state of mind with this fun science fiction writing prompt! Your child will imagine and describe a magical potion.

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

Give your child the tools to decide the difference between fact and opinion with this fun and simple exercise. In this worksheet, children will identify which statements can be proven to be true and which are based on a personal view.

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

Give your students a chance to practice their reading comprehension skills by focusing on the elements of fiction through story mapping.

Your students will love reading this classic fable as they seek to determine the author’s purpose and differentiate fiction from nonfiction.

What happened in the story? Use this helpful graphic organizer to capture the characters, setting, and important events in a fiction text.

Can your child tell fact from fiction? Boost reading comprehension with this story sheet featuring a famous tall tale character: Paul Bunyan!

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

Use this resource to help your students create questions about their fiction text.

Meet the legendary John Henry, a famous character from a classic tall tale! Learn the difference between fact and fiction with this fun reading sheet.

Is the tale of Johnny Appleseed fact or fiction? Perhaps it's a bit of both! Introduce your child to a famous figure from a classic tall tale.

Your students will practice fiction comprehension while they read this short story about best friends and then make connections and predictions based on the reading.

Rootin' tootin' cowboys, gather 'round to hear the legendary story of Pecos Bill! Read this tale with your child, and see if he can tell fact from fiction.

Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

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.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

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.

Your students will demonstrate understanding of a short fiction text by answering who, when, what, where, why, and how questions. Use this as an introduction to the vocabulary in the EL Support Lesson: Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions.

Add some color and fun to your classroom library bins with the help of these Brainzy-themed book bin labels!

One of the first questions young readers should ask is, "Who is telling this story?" Here students will practice spotting different points of view by identifying which point of view sentences are written from and then writing sentences of their own.

This rubric can be used with any lesson where students are learning or practicing fluency.

Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.