4th - 6th Grade Main Idea Worksheets

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

The history of Valentine's Day is full of theories about how the holiday began. Read about the history of Valentine's Day with this exercise and activity.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

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.

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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