Elementary School Main Idea Resources : Page 3

Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

Use this bubble map to compare two things in a visually-appealing way.

Help your kindergarten students identify the main topic and key ideas in nonfiction texts using this fun horse-themed worksheet.

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

Learn all about the interesting world of the whale while practicing fluency and reading comprehension skills using this helpful nonfiction reading worksheet.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying key ideas by looking for repeated words and phrases in a text.

Help your kindergarten students identify the main topic and key ideas in nonfiction texts using this fun pet-themed worksheet.

Children learn about Día de los Muertos as they practice finding and supporting the main idea in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Learn about the grasslands biome, then use your knowledge to unscramble the missing words of the paragraph that follows.

In this language arts worksheet, students read a nonfiction text then represent what they read by creating a helpful chart.

Introduce children to the highest-ranking female politician in the United States in this Learning About Nancy Pelosi worksheet.

When reading nonfiction books, it’s important to understand the meaning of related vocabulary words. In this activity, students identify sentences that include key vocabulary. When they're done they'll hold the key to reading success!

In this worksheet, students will learn how to use adverbial phrases in their writing.

This worksheet teaches students to locate key ideas, provide evidence, and make connections in nonfiction texts.

With a movie word search and fascinating info about early films, this set of reading and writing worksheets is sure to entertain your budding movie-lover!

We all want to learn new skills! This worksheet engages students in thinking about what they’d like to learn to do or make, all while learning about nonfiction texts.

Students underline key details, such as vocabulary and important information, to strengthen reading comprehension.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

Engage students in reading before they even start! Students prepare for reading a nonfiction text by looking at the pictures in the book and answering a series of questions that get them thinking about what they already know about the topic.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Read sentences from the Constitution to help your students find and understand conditional sentences.

This worksheet teaches kids the importance of notetaking while reading using the shape of a well-known object: a tree!

This worksheet uses the shape of the sun to teach kids how supporting details come out of the main idea of a text like rays.

This worksheet focuses on creating a title for a list of details.

After students read informational books, have them share and connect their learning by filling out this handy concept map. When they're done, students will have a fun visual representation of what they've learned.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Information from Multiple Sources.