Reading Informational Text Lessons & Activities

Teach nonfiction reading skills with passages, organizers, and arcade-style practice for upper elementary, middle, and high school.

Main Idea & Supporting Details

Finding central ideas and key details in articles, essays, and informational texts.

Compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, sequence, and description structures.

Headings, subheadings, captions, charts, graphs, and other features that support comprehension.

Understanding why an author wrote a text and how tone shapes message and impact.

Claims, reasons, and evidence in opinion, argument, and persuasive texts.

Distinguishing facts from opinions and identifying bias in informational sources.

Making inferences about people, events, and ideas using strong textual evidence.

Short, clear summaries and accurate paraphrasing of key ideas and details.