5th Grade Nonfiction Literature Reference Resources
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Nelson Mandela Biography: A Reading Warm-Up
In this printable warm-up, students read a short biography on Nobel Peace Prize recipient Nelson Mandela and answer…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterary Biographies -
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Albert Einstein Biography: A Reading Warm-Up (Grades 5 & 6)
In this printable warm-up, students read a short biography on Albert Einstein and answer reading comprehension…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionLiterary BiographiesLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Common Core Lesson Plans for the Who Was...? Series
Use the activities throughout this guide with the Who Was...? Series for teaching specific historical events, studying…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureSocial Studies and History -
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Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote Teacher's Guide
Introduce elementary students to Elizabeth Cady Stanton—an abolitionist and important figure in the suffragist…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureLiterary Biographies -
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Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One
This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…Subjects:PoetryLiterary BiographiesSuffrage and Women's Rights -
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Where Are the Wild Things: Maurice Sendak
Share the story of Maurice Sendak with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn more about…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureLiterary Biographies -
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Homesick: My Own Story
Activities and resources to teach Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz.Subjects:LiteratureLiterary BiographiesImmigration -
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Ready, Set Grow!
Top 10 lists and step-by-step photographs show young gardeners how to grow plants from seed, how to propagate plants,…SubjectsReading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteraturePlants and Botany -
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Letter from E.B. White
Enjoy a letter written by this revered author.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureAuthors -
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Educator's Guide to Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
Study the life of Barack Obama with the resources in this literature guide to Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of…Subjects:LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureLiterary Biographies -
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Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, 2005 - 2015
An article listing the dates and places of eclipses occurring between 2005 and 2015.Subjects:Library ResourcesLanguage Arts and WritingScience -
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Dinosaur Facts Part I
The first of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: when dinosaurs…Subjects:Library ResourcesScienceReading and Literature -
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Dinosaur Facts Part II
The second of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: how dinosaurs…Subjects:Library ResourcesScienceReading and Literature -
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Dinosaur Facts Part III
The third of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: what dinosaurs…Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureDinosaurs (Paleontology) -
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Dinosaur Facts Part IV
The last of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: what colors…Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureDinosaurs (Paleontology) -
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Myths About Explorers
An article dispelling myths about various explorers.Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureExplorers -
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World History 1-999 A.D.
A brief overview of world history from 1-999 A.D.Subjects:Library ResourcesAncient CivilizationsReading and Literature -
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Types of Reference Books
Descriptions of each type of reference book.Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureLiterature -
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Golden Kite Award Winners
A list of Golden Kite Award winners (an award given by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) for the…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureFictionNonfiction Literature -
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Horn Book Award Winners
A list of the awards given for the most outstanding juvenile books in the U.S. in the following categories: outstanding…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureFictionNonfiction Literature -
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Reading Guide for Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight
Enrich your language arts or social studies unit with this reading guide for the biography Hillary Rodham Clinton:…Subjects:LiteratureLiterary BiographiesU.S. Elections -
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Reading Guide for My Dad, John McCain
Discuss John McCain's time in the U.S. Navy and as a POW with the questions in this reading guide for the biography My…Subjects:LiteratureLiterary BiographiesU.S. Government -
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The Day-Glo Brothers Literature Guide
Children will enjoy reading The Day-Glo Brothers, a true story about Bob and Joe Switzer – two brothers who…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureInventions -
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Red Scarf Girl Teacher's Guide
Study a difficult time in Chinese history with this teacher's guide to Ji-li Jiang's Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the…Subjects:LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureLiterary Biographies
