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!

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.

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.

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

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 resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a 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: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

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.

Learners will read and interpret three types of nonfiction text features in this three-page practice worksheet.

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

Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

Have your third graders pull out their color pencils and learn about the history of fidget spinners. This colorful exercise will increase your students' understanding of nonfiction text.

When paired with two types of nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between the text features of printed text and electronic text.

Use this exercise to give your students practice developing an opinion about a nonfiction topic. They will read a short passage and express an opinion about the topic based on the evidence in the text.