Main Idea Resources : Page 2

The history of Valentine's Day is full of theories about how the holiday began. Read about the history of Valentine's Day with this exercise and activity.

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

Kids put their reading comprehension skills to work as they write out the main idea and come up with their own concluding sentence for this paragraph.

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

Facts about ostrich include that they are the largest birds in the world and that they can't fly, but that's not all. Learn all about this amazing bird!

In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

This worksheet provides students with an opportunity to closely examine the difference between a topic and main idea in a nonfiction text. After reading and completing Part 1 as a class, challenge your students to complete Part 2 on their own or with a pa

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

Children will discover more about the culinary history of early Americans as they practice practice identifying the main idea and supporting details.

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

In this reading comprehension worksheet, children will learn about the St. Johns River, the longest river in Florida.

This social studies worksheet is a great way to encourage the next generation to understand the value and impact of voting while helping learners practice reading comprehension strategies.

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

This activity guides your readers towards the key details and shows kids how to effectively underline while reading.

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.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

This worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text. First students will read a short paragraph, then they'll answer questions using words from the text before rewording their answers to make them unique.

Practice reading nonfiction and making connections in a text with this informational worksheet all about George Washington!

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

Help your active readers identify key vocabulary and important details with the help of two graphic organizers!

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

Maximize what your students learn from reading nonfiction by having them fill out a KWL chart before and after reading.

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