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5th - 7th Grade Common Core Nonfiction Passages Resources : Page 3

Learn more about the swirling, whirling science behind tornadoes with this wild worksheet.

Tornado Science

In this nonfiction biography, learn how Nikola Tesla invented key technologies that are still used today.

Nikola Tesla: Inventor and Engineer

Students will use an adjective word bank to help them identify statements of fact and opinion.

Fact & Opinion Adjectives

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Azulejos: A Tradition of Portugal

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

Basketball: Nonfiction Text

Use this graphic organizer to support learners&#39; understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Graphic Organizer: Cause & Effect

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Text Dependent Questions for Independent Reading

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

Inferences & Evidence

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

Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Stories: Extinct Birds

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

Sea Turtle Citations: Paraphrasing & Direct Quotes

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

Reading Response Log

America gets its name from Amerigo Vespucci. Kids will learn about this important historical figure with this fun worksheet.

Amerigo Vespucci

Students will answer questions about a nonfiction text and find quotes to support their answers.

Quotes as Evidence #3

Use this exercise to give your students practice using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Quotes as Evidence #2

Children learn about the history and legacy of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black towns formed after the passage of the 13th Amendment.

African American Communities: Eatonville, Florida

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

Writing a Nonfiction Summary: The Mimic Octopus

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

Should I Recycle This?: Nonfiction Text

Young readers will enjoy this passage from Jack London's "All Gold Canyon." They'll complete some vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises too.

Reading Comprehension: All Gold Canyon

Sink your teeth into some vampire history and lore with this playful Halloween worksheet!

All About Vampires

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

Making Inferences: Courageous Leaders Part 2

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

The Star, Mae Jemison

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Make a Timeline of an Influential Person

Children learn about the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., including key players and events, and how it contributed to the eventual passing of the 19th Amendment.

Women’s Suffrage and the 19th Amendment

Learn more about the imposing tsunami with this worksheet about the science of tsunamis.

Tsunami Science

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

The History of African American Spirituals

This Halloween-themed worksheet is designed to help students understand the goal of the Teal Pumpkin Project while also providing practice reading nonfiction and citing evidence in nonfiction texts.

The Teal Pumpkin Project: Promoting Inclusivity

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Play the Bill of Rights Drawing Game

Kids will learn more about the meaning of a monster hoax and read about some of the most famous hoaxes.

Monster Hoax

Get swept up in this comprehensive worksheet about the awesome power of dust storms.

Dust Storms

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