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Use this example of a persuasive essay to dissect and identify the parts of this genre.

Is your child baffled by the scientific method? Dr. McSquare is here to help! Learn the steps by helping the doctor organize his lab reports.

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

These example literary responses model how to cite and explain evidence to support a claim.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea as they read about a famous historical figure.

Learn about story progression and story organization with this ladder graphic organizer.

Support discussions about main ideas and summarization with these helpful language frames. This worksheet will help your students organize their thoughts and information from a nonfiction paragraph or text.

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea. Students will read about an significant Native American tribe and determine the most important information in the text.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky reading exercise, where you'll learn all about werewolves! Read up on the history behind these legendary beasts.

Learners can gather a lot of information about veterans and their former jobs by interviewing them on Veterans Day. Use the worksheet Interview a Veteran to have students ask veterans questions and write down their answers.

Research your favorite author, then map out biographical details on an idea web.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Create a Nonfiction Big Book.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Create a Nonfiction Big Book.