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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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 Henry Books: A Teacher's Guide
Introduce students to the life and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau through the Henry Bear picture books and related…Subjects:Literary BiographiesNonfiction LiteratureLiterature -
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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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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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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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Using the Dictionary
Try a library-skills activity that focuses on dictionaries.Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureLanguage Arts and Writing -
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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 -
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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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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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Learning About Famous People
Develop library-skills with this activity that focuses on biographies.Subjects:Library ResourcesNonfiction LiteratureReading and Literature -
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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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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 -
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Discussion Guide for The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World
Author Nathaniel Philbrick evokes the drama of the voyage of the Mayflower, the emptiness of coastal Massachusetts that…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureSocial Studies and History -
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My First Day: What Animals Do on Day One Educator's Guide
My First Day explores some of the fascinating things that twenty two different species do on their first day of life.…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureAnimal Behavior -
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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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And Tango Makes Three Educator's Guide
Promote discussion about the meaning of family with the resources in this educator's guide for And Tango Makes Three, a…Subjects:LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureBanned Books and Censorship -
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Reference Quest
Develop library-skills with an activity that focuses on reference tools.Subjects:Reference MaterialsLibrary ResourcesLiterature -
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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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Making a Bibliography for a Book
Try a library-skills activity that focuses on book bibliographies.Subjects:Writing Research PapersWritingLanguage Arts and Writing -
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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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Three Cups of Tea & Listen to the Wind Discussion Guide
Explore themes of peace and generosity as you discuss the story of Greg Mortenson and his journey to change the world.…Subjects:LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureReading and Literature -
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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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Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do Educator's Guide
Share fun facts about 25 unusual animals with your students. Creature Features uses humor, illustrations, and a…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureAnimals (Zoology)
