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

Examples of Nonfiction

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

Discovering Nonfiction Genres

Explore nonfiction with this set of short and sweet facts on notable people, places and events in history. Young readers can practice taking notes, answering questions and analyzing primary sources.

Reading Nonfiction

This lesson helps your ELs identify the role of coordinating conjunctions and compound sentences in nonfiction texts. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or as a pre-lesson to Nonfiction Genres. 

Compound Sentences in Nonfiction

In this lesson, your students will explore the library in search of various genres of nonfiction texts. Teach this lesson at the beginning of the year to familiarize your students with the structure and organization of the library. 

Nonfiction Genres

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Glossary: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Vocabulary Cards: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction

One of the best ways to prepare for writing is by examining another author’s work. In this activity, students look closely at a nonfiction text and answer questions about what they find in preparation for writing their own.

Get Ready to Write Nonfiction

In order to write informational texts, students need to research their topics. Use this handy notetaker to help students record and think through the new information they are gathering.

Nonfiction Notetaker

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 more about this influential activist and author in this nonfiction reading page.

Temple Grandin Biography

Learners practice writing endings with impact in this nonfiction conclusion writing worksheet.

Practice Writing a Conclusion

Young writers respond to three relatable prompts in this three-page nonfiction writing exercise.

Opinion Paragraphs

Your students will be digging into nonfiction texts in search of the purpose and main idea of a passage.

Digging In with Research

Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

W.E.B. Du Bois

Writing nonfiction can be a daunting task for newbies, but this note-taking sheet contains helpful prompts that keep your young writer on track.

Note-Taking Sheet

Learn all about the interesting world of the whale while practicing fluency and reading comprehension skills using this helpful nonfiction reading worksheet.

Interesting Animals: Whales

In this nonfiction writing exercise, students will consider whether they are superstitious, what superstitions they might hold, and how they feel about superstitions in general.

Writing Prompt: Superstitions

Dig into some of the most famous myths and legends across the country. This nonfiction comprehension workbook is complete with writing activities, fill-in-the-blanks, and drawing pages.

Creepy Creatures

In this nonfiction writing worksheet, learners&nbsp;will select and draw an animal to represent each season, then write a short paragraph describing one of the animals.

Seasons Writing Prompt

Children will use their imaginations to write and illustrate a short nonfiction essay in this creative writing exercise.

Write a Story: Magic Land

Use this resource to assess your students’ opinion writing skills. They will respond to a prompt by formulating an opinion and supporting it with reasons and evidence from two nonfiction texts.

Opinion Writing Learning Check

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text,

A Misty Copeland Biography

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Take Action Like Greta

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

All About Wangari Maathai

Use this nonfiction comprehension worksheet to help second and third graders learn all about Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.

All About Misty Copeland

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Biography of Wangari Maathai

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th century writer and philosopher who today is considered one of the first documented feminists and advocates for women’s education. In this lesson, students will read two nonfiction texts about Sor Juana and discuss her life and accomplishments before writing an opinion piece about her. 

Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony and important settlers with this social studies worksheet.

Colonial America: Jamestown

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

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