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2nd Grade Main Idea Worksheets

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

Learning About the Ocean

Here's a trio of printables about Captain Blackbeard for kids who could use some exciting reading.

Blackbeard For Kids

This main idea worksheet guides your child through reading comprehension practice. Download today to get started!

Main Idea of a Story Worksheet

The main idea is the most important idea in a paragraph. With this worksheet, students will read the paragraphs carefully then circle the statement that best fits the paragraph&#39;s main idea.

What's the Main Idea?

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

Compare and Contrast: Platypus

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

The Ocean

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!

Facts About Ostrich

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.

Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web

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

Finding the Topic and Main Idea of a Nonfiction Text

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

Where's the Evidence?

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

Nonfiction KWL Chart

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

Finding the Purpose

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

Glossary: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

Glossary: Unknown Words

Have students record questions on sticky notes as they are reading, then they'll compile them all on this helpful worksheet before tracking down and recording their answers.

Question Tracker

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

Vocabulary Cards: Unknown Words

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

Tree Notetaking

This quick story of Captain Kidd brings pirates and reading on an adventure for your kids!

Captain Kidd

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.

Sun Notetaking

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

Vocabulary Cards: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

This worksheet gives students an opportunity to reflect on what they have read in an open-ended way.

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