Making Connections in Nonfiction

Tell Me More: Characters, Settings, and Events

Comparing and Contrasting Christmas Around the World

It’s time to take a trip around the world and experience Christmas in different countries. Students will explore how their Christmas traditions compare and contrast with kids across the world and chart their findings on a Venn diagram.

1st grade

Math

Lesson Plan

Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Tell Me More: Characters, Settings, and Events

Characters, settings, and events, oh my! In this lesson, students will dig deeper into each of these components and learn to provide specific details from their texts.

4th grade

Math

Lesson Plan

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: History of the Candle

Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.

4th grade

Math

Lesson Plan

Third Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 3

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: History of the Candle

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

6th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Identifying Cause and Effect

Third Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 3

This third grade independent study packet offers Week 3 of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies activities.

3rd grade

Social studies

Workbook

Identifying Cause and Effect

Give your second grader's logical thinking skills and reading comprehension a healthy boost with a lesson in cause and effect.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Life Cycle of a Plant

Life Cycle of a Plant

Little gardeners, get to know your plants! See the cycle of a plant from its birth to adulthood, and read a bit about photosynthesis too.

2nd grade

Science

Worksheet

COVID-19 Explained

First Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 4

COVID-19 Explained

Learners will read an informational passage about germs, viruses, and how to stay healthy, annotate key words and sentences, and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

4th grade

Science

Worksheet

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biography

First Grade Fall Review Packet - Week 4

This final installment of our First Grade Fall Review Packet offers five more days of fun and diverse learning activities to prepare children for their first grade year.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Workbook

Kindergarten Fall Review Packet - Week 4

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biography

In this biography worksheet, children are introduced to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who in 1993 became the second female Justice of the Supreme Court in the United States.

5th grade

Social studies

Worksheet

Who is Katherine Johnson?

Kindergarten Fall Review Packet - Week 4

In this final installment of our Kindergarten Fall Review Packet, learners are provided five more days of engaging activities in math, literacy, and other fun topics.

Kindergarten

Science

Workbook

Who is Katherine Johnson?

Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked to create the first calculations to send humans into space. Learn more about this inspiring woman with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

4th grade

Social studies

Worksheet

Animals of the World

It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits

Animals of the World

The world is full of amazing creatures! Learn about a few from around the globe, as your child hones reading skills in this fact-filled workbook.

2nd grade

Science

Workbook

A Series of Events: The Water Cycle

It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits

In this lesson, students will use their creativity, a graphic organizer, and a fun story to learn about character analysis.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson Plan

Make it Move: Force and Energy in Action

A Series of Events: The Water Cycle

Use this resource with your students to practice connecting key events in nature. They will read about the water cycle and note the steps in order that they occur.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Make it Move: Force and Energy in Action

Make it move! In this lesson, students will learn about energy and make connections between force and energy. Through a hands-on approach, students will work in teams to construct and report on their experiments.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson Plan

Simple Machines

Reading Strategies: Making Connections

Simple Machines

Did you know there are 6 simple machines that make up every complicated gizmo out there? This book introduces the pulley, the lever, the screw, the wedge, the inclined plane and the wheel & axle.

2nd grade

Science

Workbook

Match and Order for Comprehension

Reading Strategies: Making Connections

Use this resource with your students to practice relating to the text by making connections. Your students will practice making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections as they read literature or informational text.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Urban, Suburban, or Rural

Match and Order for Comprehension

This sorting and matching workbook is perfect for pre-reading kids. Pictures tell tales for them to follow and make sense of.

Preschool

Reading & Writing

Workbook

Urban, Suburban, or Rural

Students will have a blast as they engage in interactive projects to learn about the characteristics of urban, suburban, and rural communities. This lesson will help them develop both their writing and social-studies skills.

2nd grade

Math

Lesson Plan

All About Misty Copeland

Can You Dig It: Rocks and Soil

All About Misty Copeland

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.

2nd grade

Social studies

Worksheet