3rd Grade Nonfiction Literature Worksheets Resources
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Walt Disney Biography: A Nonfiction Reading Warm-Up
Discover the magic of Walt Disney while improving students' nonfiction reading skills. This printable warm-up includes a…Subjects:ReadingLiterary BiographiesLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Fiction or Nonfiction?
Develop library-skills with an activity that teaches students to differentiate between fiction and nonfiction.Subjects:Library ResourcesLiteratureReading and Literature -
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Henry Ford Biography: A Reading Warm-Up
In this printable reading warm-up, students read a short biography on Henry Ford and answer reading comprehension…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterary Biographies -
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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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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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Let's Write the Author
This organizer will help students write a letter to a favorite author. The organizer breaks down all the essential…Subjects:LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureChris Van Allsburg, Author & Illustrator: Guides to His Books -
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Finding It in an Encyclopedia
Try a library-skills activity that focuses on reference collection.Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureReference Materials -
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Make a Dinosaur
Try a printable science activity that focuses on learning about dinosaurs.Subjects:Library ResourcesSocial Studies and HistoryScience -
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The Card Catalog Cards
Try a library-skills activity that focuses on the card catalog.Subjects:Library ResourcesReference MaterialsReading and Literature -
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Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle Activity & Discussion Guide
Introduce students to the three types of dung beetles and their vital role in the environment with a science picture…Subjects:Informational TextsNonfiction LiteratureLiterature -
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Thomas Jefferson
Distribute a printable social studies activity on Thomas Jefferson that focuses on recognizing people important to U.S.…Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureAmerican History/U.S. History -
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Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass Activity & Discussion Guide
Use the children's book Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass to teach students about…Subjects:Nonfiction LiteratureLiterary BiographiesSuffrage and Women's Rights -
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The Oceans of the World
Develop library-skills with this activity that focuses on information skills.Subjects:Library ResourcesLanguage Arts and WritingGeography -
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Know Your Author, Title and Subject Cards
Try a library-skills activity that focuses on identifying parts of card catalog cards.Subjects:Library ResourcesReference MaterialsReading and Literature -
DAILY WARM-UPS
Claude Monet Biography: A Reading Warm-Up
In this printable reading warm-up, students read a short biography on Claude Monet and answer reading comprehension…Subjects:Literary BiographiesVisual ArtsNonfiction Literature -
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On This Spot: An Expedition Back Through Time Teacher's Guide to Classroom Activities
Ponder changes in nature while exploring history with this teacher's guide to On This Spot: An Expedition Back Through…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureSocial Studies and History -
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Teacher's Guide to America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001–The Day the Towers Fell
Lead a classroom discussion about the events of 9/11 with the questions, advice, and considerations outlined in this…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureAmerican History/U.S. History -
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Nonfiction Text Feature Scavenger Hunt
Examine the key text features in nonfiction books with this reading extension activity. Students will practice…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading InstructionNonfiction Literature -
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Using the Dictionary
Try a library-skills activity that focuses on dictionaries.Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Learning About Encyclopedias I
Try a library-skills activity that focuses on the reference collection.Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureReference Materials -
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Try a library-skills activity that focuses on using encyclopedias.Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureReference Materials -
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Thomas Edison Revisited
Try a printable science activity that focuses on facts about Thomas Edison.Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureReference Materials -
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Babe Ruth Reading Warm-Up: Biography
Increase students' knowledge of baseball history with this printable biography on Babe Ruth and reading comprehension…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterary Biographies -
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A Slice of Spice
Try a printable science activity that focuses on identifying the byproducts of plants.Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteraturePlants and Botany
