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Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

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.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

Children are introduced to the life and accomplishments of aeronautics pioneer Amelia Earhart in this fascinating worksheet.

Help your third grader practice following directions on how to build a tornado in a bottle, and build his reading comprehension skills in the process.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Your young historian can step back in time and read about an important battle that helped to end the American Revolution.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.

Help your budding reader learn how to spice up a boring biography by asking him to add in the details that make good writing even better.

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.