Elementary School Supporting Details Resources

Children read about the weather as they identify supporting details in this science and literacy worksheet.

Young authors will enjoy planning their writing with this memorable burger-themed graphic organizer.

This paragraph writing worksheet gets your child back to the basics of writing. In this paragraph writing worksheet, kids will write using a graphic organizer.

Young writers will review the basic structure of an informative essay, including the topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion, as they complete this graphic organizer.

This template guides children through the pre-writing process as they prepare to write about a special day, adventure, or experience.

In this worksheet, learners will practice planning and writing a compelling persuasive paragraph on the topic of social media.

Practice writing topic sentences with this paragraph structure worksheet!

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

In this reading exercise, students answer literal and interpretive questions about a classic text.

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Children read about the sun as they identify supporting details in this science and literacy worksheet.

In the worksheet Blog Template: Listicles, young blog writers create a list of suggestions or ideas and provide a brief description of each with a bullet point.

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

Super powers and saving the world will make any child want to write! Your third grader will learn about adding supporting details to their main idea.

Students will practice identifying the supporting details for three different main idea statements.

Help students learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Learning to add details is an important skill for early writers. Your second grader will be guided to think of details to write about a pet in this worksheet.

Practice composition skills and help the reporter get his review of Delicious Treats bakery together sentence by sentence sequencing his points into order.

Get your thoughts organized with this handy graphic organizer! Kids can use this template to deconstruct any story they're working on in school.

Teach students to organize their thoughts before they start writing with this prewriting organizer.

Young writers practice forming and defending an opinion in this engaging three-page persuasive writing template.

As your students complete this close reading exercise, they will learn about the Transcontinental Railroad while practicing their active reading skills.

Students will identify supporting details, in the form of adverbial phrases, in a nonfiction text excerpt.

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea as they read about a famous historical figure.

Children learn to plan and organize their compositions with this writing prompt and template.

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

Supporting details make a main idea stronger, and add color and interest to any story. Your early writer will describe your home and add detail to their writing.