Five questions follow a short reading of an informational text all about maple syrup. A progress report details the work scholars complete.

Test scholars' reading comprehension skills with interactive practice. Learners read a short informative text about rainbows, then answer eight multiple-choice questions. A report details their progress after the exercise is complete.

An interactive challenges scholars to read a short informational text about butterflies then answer eight questions. A progress report appears after the last question.

An interactive tests scholars' reading comprehension skills. Young learners read an informative passage about redwood trees then respond to five questions. Feedback appears instantly.

This collection of rubrics and checklists can be used for formative and summative assessments. Students can use many of these to self-assess during various phases of the informative writing process, and teachers may use these to guide...

Review how to use text evidence, details, examples, and personal experiences to make inferences then read a passage to practice on your own.

Explains what figurative language is and how to determine its meaning. Also provides a practice exercise.

This graphic organizer contains questions for students as they analyze any nonfiction text. Students will read closely to determine the text's structure, viewpoint, and tone. This graphic organizer is a copyrighted material that may be...

The nature of the interactions between the author and the illustrator are vital to the expression provided by that drawing. The following worksheets focus on using pictures to describe key ideas in an informational text.

A activity where students use the book Cloud, Rain, and Fog by Fred and Jeane Biddulph to learn about text structures and reading strategies with information texts.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this read aloud instructional activity to teach concepts such as main idea, using pictures to gain information, and recount key details from an informational text. This lesson plan aligns with...

The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...

Learn what a summary is and how to write an objective summary of an informational text by using a list of guiding questions.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage explains that trees need water everyday and how scientists believe they get that water using their roots. It is followed by a comprehension question set.

Young scholars will engage in discussions about story details and write an informational piece about the events in the story "Come Along Daisy".

In this lesson students will write an informative sentence in response to listening to the story; "Mice squeak, We speak". Included in this lesson are examples of student work, videos of oral presentations, and puzzle pieces for new...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support elementary students' reading comprehension, historical information is provided. The significance of "The Old Stone House" during the Battle of Brooklyn in the American Revolution is...

Students use this noun game to generate three interesting nouns to use as they write an original story.

Use this example to see if you understand how to pick out the main idea and supporting details to that main idea.

Students will use an informational text to learn about the concept and practice their mathematical reasoning skills.

This lesson focuses on evaluating the connotation of a vocabulary word. It defines connotation and gives an example. It details three steps: read the word in context, determine the tone of the overall reading, and compare the tone with...

Students will complete a double bubble thinking map by sorting facts that go with Washington, Lincoln or both. Also included in this plan is an art project, worksheets, and video of the lesson plan in action. Great activity to use after...

This reading strategy resource provides steps for identifying the main idea of an informational text. Example informational text paragraphs are provided, along with detailed explanations for the processes used in identifying the main...

Use this guide when reading an expository text or any type of essay, as it provides important questions you should ask yourself while you read. You can access this page in multiple languages from the English homepage.