Visual Devices explore maps, graphs, schedules, and more.
Make Text Connections
Try Paired Books for additional support with making text connections and comparing and contrasting across texts.
Themed Nonfiction Series
Use the Themed Nonfiction Series to provide students with focused content-area and literacy instruction. Each
collection of books is built around a focused topic to support building knowledge. Each series is geared toward a
particular grade or grade range and includes books of varying text complexity to support differentiated instruction.
All books are available in printable and projectable formats.
Many state and national standards call for an increased use of informational texts in the classroom and for the development of analytical skills using multiple texts on similar topics in order to build knowledge and compare information.
Each Themed Nonfiction Series is designed to capture students' interest through content-area connections while meeting the requirements of curriculum standards. Each series is accompanied by:
Lesson Plans or Teaching Tips
Sets of Worksheets or Activity Cards
Comprehension Quizzes
Discussion Cards or Text-Dependent Questions
And more!
How to Use Themed Nonfiction Series
The variety of informational texts and resources available in each Themed Nonfiction Series allows for flexibility in your instructional approach.
Follow suggestions in the Lesson Plans or Teaching Tips that
accompany each series for classroom activities involving the
Worksheets or Activity Cards.
Use the Comprehension Quizzes to check for understanding of the
text and inform you of students' instructional needs.
Provide instruction or additional information using resources,
such as maps and posters, to teach various skills specifically
needed to access nonfiction text.
Assign books to students for independent reading.
Support comprehension and text-dependent collaborative conversations
using Discussion Questions, Essential Questions, or Beyond the Book questions.
Have students write about the topic of a collection, using the books from the
collection as models.
Assign a research project related to one of the books in a
collection.
Other Resources for Nonfiction Texts
Shared Reading nonfiction books ensure early readers work with informational texts.
Close Reading Packs include a large selection of short informational texts about a common topic.
Visual Devices feature explicit instruction on text elements, such as graphs, charts, maps, schedules, or other visual texts.