EL Education
El Education: Insect Cards
These local insect note cards were created by 2nd graders from the Alice B. Beal Elementary Magnet School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The project included field observation and collection, classroom experimentation and research,...
NWT Literacy Council
Nwt Literacy Council: 'Raising Ourselves' by Velma Wallis (Study Guide) [Pdf]
The book 'Raising Ourselves' by Velma Wallis is a nonfiction look at what it means to grow up as a native person in Alaska. This is a study guide of the book, used for teaching literacy skills to adult learners, particularly aboriginal...
Other
Pat Mora: Personal Page
Everything a person wants to know about Pat Mora. This is her own personal page. It has links to her nonfiction, her poetry, her children's books and interviews with her. There are some great resources for teachers at this site. Students...
Other
Repeat After Us
This site is a collection of copyright-free literature ranging from nursery rhymes to philosophy to literature from many time periods and cultures. There are more than 6,000 texts, and over 1,100 of them are accompanied by audio...
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Reader of the Rocks
A nonfiction article where students read about Julie Codispoti, assistant curator at the United States Polar Rock Repository, located at Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center. The article provides an overview of Antarctic...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Vocabulary Magic
Using the book Farmer Duck, this instructional activity will take words that are unknown to students and teach students how to determine their meanings. This will help open up the world of reading to students.
TES Global
Tes: Prose. Toad Rage
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource features related activities connected to Morris Geitzman's book, Toad Rage. Students will read a fable, nonfiction reading, prose reading, and connected writing activities.
CommonLit
Common Lit: An Excerpt From the Story of Cain and Abel From Genesis 4
A learning module that begins with "An Excerpt from The Story of Cain and Abel from Genesis 4" by The National Archives, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Play the Dewey Decimal System Game
This lesson introduces the 10 main categories used in the Dewey Decimal Classification System for non-fiction bookshelf arrangement. A slideshow will be presented to young scholars to help them learn details about the Dewey Decimal...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: H. P. Newquist
Read this biography to learn about award-winning author and H. P. Newquist who has written nonfiction books, magazine articles and even film documentaries. Links to his website and a list of his books are provided.
University of Calgary
The Children's Literature Web Guide
This resource is a children's literature web guide.
Starfall
Starfall: Things That Can Go
This is an online story for early readers about things that can go into motion, and things that can't. It offers help for readers as they can click on a words and it will say the word aloud. It also provides a list of words used in the...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Jim Murphy
Read this biography to learn about nonfiction Newbery Honor author Jim Murphy. Links to a list of books and additional information are provided.