Diagrams in Non-Fiction Texts

My neighbourhood Map

Go over this neighbourhood map with your child or student to teach how to properly read a map.

Year 3

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Vocabulary Expanders

Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!

Vocabulary Expanders

These vocabulary worksheets will introduce kids to the wide world of words and get them excited about learning new skills through reading.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Workbook

Nonfiction Text Features: Wild, Wild Weather

Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!

Students will learn about three nonfiction text features: charts, graphs, and diagrams. They will analyze and interpret the information represented in these visual forms and discover how they aid in the comprehension of nonfiction texts.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Nonfiction Text Features: Wild, Wild Weather

Use this resource with your students to read an interesting article about weather while gathering information from text features.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Animals of the World

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.

Year 3

Science

Workbook

Mineral Match-Up

Mineral Match-Up

Learn some new words and facts about precious minerals with this word-scramble and matching worksheet.

Year 3

Science

Worksheet

Aquatic Biomes

Earthquakes: Text Features

Aquatic Biomes

Dive into earth and life science with this book on aquatic biomes. Research reefs, learn wetland animals, and explore the squishy world of swamps in this book about these wet and wild ecosystems.

Year 5

Science

Workbook

Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense

Earthquakes: Text Features

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense

Improve your students' comprehension of non-fictional reading through this lesson that teaches them about text features. Students will find their own text features and explain why they aid in the reading process.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Creepy Creatures

Science Vocabulary Expanders

Creepy Creatures

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.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Workbook

Science Vocabulary Expanders

The activities in this workbook do double-duty as both vocabulary practise and earth science review with a collection of word scrambles, crosswords, and quizzes about animals, plants and planets.

Year 4

Science

Workbook

Tree-mendous Trees

Tree-mendous Trees

Pay homage to our majestic, leafy companions with this series about trees. Kids can learn about the structure of trees, identify different leaf types and reflect on the many gifts that trees give.

Year 3

Science

Workbook

Paint a Word Picture

Paint a Word Picture

Students become word artists as they use ordinary pictures to practise creating detailed descriptions. This technique helps your class learn how to paint a picture with words.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Parts of an Apple

Answering Questions About Wild, Wild Weather

Parts of an Apple

Here is a fresh and fruity way to learn a bit of life science. Sit down with your little one and teach them all the different parts of an apple!

Year 3

Science

Worksheet

Text Feature Descriptions

Answering Questions About Wild, Wild Weather

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.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Don’t Plateau in Geography!

Text Feature Descriptions

Use this worksheet to practise identifying and describing text features.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Don’t Plateau in Geography!

Your students’ understanding will reach its peak when they ask detail-seeking questions from observations made about plateaus, mesas, canyons, and buttes. Students will use illustrations and text to assist in their questions and answers.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Understand Text Features

Understand Text Features

Let's practise reading nonfiction texts! In this lesson, teach your ELs about identifying and describing text features. This lesson can be taught on its own or used as support for the lesson Formatting Text Features.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Tree Parts

Tree Parts

This tree anatomy worksheet will give your little naturalist a better understanding of the parts that make up a tree.

Year 3

Science

Worksheet

Nonfiction Feature Match

Introduction to Charts and Diagrams

Nonfiction Feature Match

Reading nonfiction can be tricky, whether read individually or as a group. Young readers will be asked to match common text features to the correct illustrated features in this tree-themed activity.

Year 3

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Introduction to Charts and Diagrams

Charts, graphs, and diagrams are complex text features for students to decipher. Use this lesson to familiarize students with these features. It can be taught on its own or before the lesson Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Text Features Sort

Nonfiction Text Features: Winter Olympics

Text Features Sort

Help students match information about text features together in this review worksheet!

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading Charts, Graphs, and Diagrams from Nonfiction Texts

Nonfiction Text Features: Winter Olympics

Use this resource with your students to read an interesting article about the Winter Olympics while gathering information from text features.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Vinnie's Volcano Vocabulary

Reading Charts, Graphs, and Diagrams from Nonfiction Texts

Students will analyze three different types of nonfiction text features: charts, graphs, and diagrams.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet