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

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.

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

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.

Learn more about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, often simply called "The Wall," with this interesting printable.

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.

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

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.

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

Unwrap the history behind a spooky Halloween favorite: mummies! With this reading worksheet, your child will learn all about mummies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This worksheet focuses on creating a title for a list of details.

Ever wonder why we hunt for Easter eggs? Discover how this spring holiday was started with this interesting look at the history of Easter.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts.

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

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.

With a movie word search and fascinating info about early films, this set of reading and writing worksheets is sure to entertain your budding movie-lover!

Read sentences from the Constitution to help your students find and understand conditional sentences.

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

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

Introduce children to the highest-ranking female politician in the United States in this Learning About Nancy Pelosi worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.