Reading Informational Text Curriculum Resources

Informational Text —Learn About Dinosaurs

This informational text on dinosaurs with comprehension questions to follow is perfect for teaching main idea. Students ...

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Context Clues: Find the Meaning

This informational text on Ruth Bader Ginsberg is perfect for teaching context clues. Students will read the text and th...

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Informational Text —Snowflakes

This informational text on snowflakes will teach your students how snowflakes are formed. Images of several different fl...

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Informational Text on Holi

This informational text on Holi is a great way to teach about this holiday and the story of Prahlad. Comprehension quest...

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Informational Text on Goods and Services

This short informational text on goods and services will get your students familliar with this concept. Students will re...

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Sharks—Informational Text

This informational text on the sharks will teach your students all about these incredible, ancient animals! Free respons...

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Cause & Effect

This matching worksheet on cause & effect is a great intro for teaching this concept. Students will match each cause on ...

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Informational Text — Cloud Gazing

This informational text teaches students how different types of clouds are formed. A page with pictures of the different...

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Reading for Main Details—Orcas

Practie summarizing paragraphs with this fun science informational text on orcas! Students will give the main idea of ea...

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What's The Main Idea?

These short science texts are a great way to practice main idea. Students will read the paragraphs and then choose the m...

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Spider—Main Idea

This informational text on spiders is a great introduction to teaching main idea. Students will be asked, in multiple ch...

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Author's Opinion

These short passages are perfect for introducing point of view. Students will read three paragraphs total and be asked t...

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Handy Helpers —Authors Point of View

This informational text on pollinators and decomposers is perfect for teaching point of view. Students will read the tex...

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French Fries Compare & Contrast Text

This informational text on french fries is the perfect resource for teaching compare and contrast. Students will read tw...

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Informational Text —Sea Stars

Use this second grade worksheet on context clues with this informational text on sea stars. Students will read the text ...

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Health Breakfast—Author's Purpose

This informational text on the benefits of a healthy breakfast will ask students to find the main point the author is tr...

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Dirty Dog!—Sequence of Events

This short story on how to wash a dog is perfect for teaching event sequencing and following steps! The steps for how to...

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1 Grilled Cheese, Please! Chronological Order

This informational text on how to make a grilled cheese is perfect for teaching event sequencing and following steps! St...

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Informational Text —The Sun

This informational text on the sun is perfect for teaching context clues. Students will read the text and then define ce...

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Compare and Contrast Moles & Gophers

These two reading passages are a great way to practice compare & contrast. Students will read one passage on moles and o...

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Analyze Visual information—The Arctic Fox

This informational text about arctic foxes is a great opportunity to practice interacting with images in a text. Student...

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Analyzing Visual information—Parts of an Insect

This informational text about the parts of an insect is a great opportunity to practice interacting with images in a tex...

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Reading Comprehension: The Grand Canyon

This informational text on the Grand Canyon will teach your students all about this incredible wonder of the world! Free...

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Carnivores, Herbivores, and Omnivores

This informational text on herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores is the perfect resource for comparing and contrasting ...

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Let's Make Slime! Making Connections in Reading

This slime recipe is a great way to test how well your students can follow steps. Students will read the recipe and then...

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Distinguishing Point of View

This fiction passage about a trip to the amusement park is perfect for teaching point of view. Students will read two pa...

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Informational Text —Jellyfish

This informational text on jellyfish is perfect for teaching context clues. Students will read the text and then define ...

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Informational Text —Event Sequencing

This passage is perfect for teaching students how to follow steps in a text. In the passage, two siblings decide to make...

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Informational Text — American Flag

This informational text on the American flag will teach students about what the stars, stripes, and colors on the flag r...

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Informational Text —Uh Oh, Where Did Gravity Go?

This short informational text on gravity will teach your students about this natural phenomenon. A fun drawing activity ...

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The Butterfly Life Cycle

This informational text on the butterfly lifecycle is perfect for learning how to follow steps in a scientific text. Stu...

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Steps in a Technical Procedure

This brownie recipe is a great way to test how well your students can follow steps. Students will read the recipe and th...

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Author's Points and Reasons

This informational text on the benefits of sleep will ask students to find the main point the author is trying to make. ...

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Compare and Contrast Skateboarding and Roller Skating

This informational text on skateboarding and roller skating is the perfect resource for teaching compare and contrast. ...

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Informational Text with Contextual Clues —Pandas

This informational text on pandas is perfect for teaching context clues. Students will read the text and then define cer...

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