3rd and 4th Grade Main Idea Worksheets

Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

As your students complete this reading comprehension exercise, they will learn about their lungs while practicing active reading skills.

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's main idea.

Finding the main idea of a story is a fundamental reading comprehension skill. Help your child tackle reading with this beginner's worksheet!

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

Children learn about the ways that butterflies like the viceroy and buckeye avoid predators in this engaging reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will identify the main idea and supporting details in a short nonfiction text.

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

Children learn about the Moon, then practice finding and writing the main idea, in this literacy worksheet.

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.

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

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

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

Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.

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

Dive into the sea life of Monterey, California, with this third-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

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.

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the groundbreaking first lady known for her humanitarian work and for being the first U.S.delegate to the United Nations in 1942.

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