Nonfiction Texts

The resources below have been curated by Mrs. Milstead for you to ensure you have access to informational texts that are up to date and relevant to your students! Enjoy!

Websites with Nonfiction Texts

PebbleGo - K-2nd level readers can benefit from printed article versions available on our subscription! Just click on the book that you are interested in, and if there is a link at the bottom of the page that says "ARTICLE" then you have print version options of that book/topic. 

Newslea - This site offers free news articles for teachers and students. With hundreds of articles {updated weekly}, articles on Science, Kids, Money, Law, Health, Arts, etc.  With a free account, you can view the articles online or print them out. Every article is available in 4-5 different Lexile Levels that you choose using the blue menu to the right on each article!

ReadWorks  - fiction and nonfiction articles that center on a specific reading skill. With an advanced search browser, you can sort articles by keyword, Lexile Level, Domain, and Reading Skill!

Dogon News - Great kid-level articles on interesting topics, and most articles include pictures and some other types of text features like charts/graphs, maps, etc. They list vocabulary words on the side and often geography links to see where the article is talking about. You can sort by grade range for articles. Some articles even have related videos attached (you could request them to be open on the county tech site link here if they are blocked.)

Tween Tribune - This is a free online educational service offered by the Smithsonian for use by K-12 grade teachers and students. TTribune consists of daily news sites for kids, tweens, and teens, and includes text, photos, graphics, and audio and/or video materials prepared by the Smithsonian and others about current events, history, art, culture and science. If you register for a free account, you can access Lexile levels of articles, lessons, and instructional and assessment tools.

Think Cerca - is very similar to NewsELA. It has a different mix of nonfiction articles. This site has an audio function that can read the article to struggling readers, and an embedded dictionary to help with vocabulary.

Scholastic News - Free online articles from Scholastic News. 

Archived Scholastic News Differentiated Articles - Scholastic Action archived articles with differentiated Lexile levels that you can download for free. 

Time for Kids - Free archived nonfiction articles from Time for Kids magazine.

Kids Discover - Link to short, free nonfiction articles from Kids Discover magazine.

Highlights Magazine  - Free fiction and nonfiction article downloads from Highlights magazine.

Cricket Magazine - Digital samples of various kid magazines that you can use to find articles to show and use together on the projector/computer.

iPad Apps:

News-O-Matic, Daily Reading for Kids by Press4Kids (Free app)

Scholastic Classroom Magazines - Student Edition by Scholastic (Free, but need to have subscription to actual magazine to use)

TIME FOR KIDS Family Edition by Time Inc. – (Free app, you can download a free sample and/or purchase individual magazines for the iPad.)

Galaxies by KIDS DISCOVER (Free app)