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4th - 6th Grade Common Core Main Idea Educational Resources

Explore the many ways people around the world embrace winter in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Informational Reading Comprehension: The Art of Embracing Cold Weather

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

Main Idea: Working Dogs

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

Identifying the Main Idea & Details

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

After-Reading Response Choice Board: Informational Text

Explore West Africa&#39;s historical gold salt trade with this fascinating reading passage and accompanying set of comprehension questions!

The Gold and Salt Trade 

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Althea Gibson

In this seventh-grade ELA worksheet, students read a fascinating informational text about the history of kites&nbsp;and answer comprehension questions covering a variety of reading skills.&nbsp;

Informational Reading Comprehension: Discovering Kites

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.

Find the Main Idea: Elephant

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

Main Idea & Details: Icebergs

Discover why an odd-looking tree is known as Africa’s "tree of life" with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Informational Reading Comprehension: Baobab, Tree of Life

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

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Dorothea Dix

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of George Washington Carver

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.

Finding the Main Idea: Madam C.J. Walker

Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Thurgood Marshall

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s <em>Wonder</em>.

Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #1

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

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

Informational Reading Comprehension: History of the Candle

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

Find the Main Idea: Native American Foods

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.

Ideas of The Harlem Renaissance

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

Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1

Develop reading comprehension with this video game passage. Ask your students to read the excerpt, then answer questions about the main ideas and details.

Video Games: Not Just for Fun

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

Find the Main Idea: The Moon

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

Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 2

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1&ndash;38 of <em>The One and Only Ivan</em>.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1

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

Find & Support the Main Idea: The Transcontinental Railroad

What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

Identify Themes in Literature: Graphic Organizer

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

Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #2

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Taking Notes With Informational Texts: Central Idea and Key Details

A biome is a community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region. In this great introductory overview, we explore the vocabulary, flora, and fauna of the world's biomes: tundra, taiga, grasslands, deciduous forest, chaparral, desert, savanna,

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