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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Kids who are just starting to read nonfiction can get their feet wet with this easy Julia Child biography that has a quick comprehension exercise at the end.

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

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

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

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

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

Introduce children to the highest-ranking female politician in the United States in this Learning About Nancy Pelosi 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 creating a title for a list of details.

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

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

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

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

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

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.

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