Venn Diagram: Compare and Contrast Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts
When paired with nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between two accounts of the same event.
Response Writing: Comparing Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts
This activity, complete with sentence frames and a word bank with key words and phrases, can be used to assist those students who need extra support with writing a response.
This Halloween-themed worksheet is designed to help students understand the goal of the Teal Pumpkin Project while also providing practice reading nonfiction and citing evidence in nonfiction texts.
In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.
Find & Support the Main Idea: The Transcontinental Railroad
As your students complete this close reading exercise, they will learn about the Transcontinental Railroad while practicing their active reading skills.
Empress Wu Zetian ruled China when the western world was in the Dark Ages. This 2nd grade worksheet that balances history with reading comprehension skills.
Kids who are just starting to read nonfiction can get their feet wet with this easy Julia Child biography that has a quick comprehension exercise at the end.