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

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.

Get your feet wet with this one-page reading comprehension worksheet on the challenging sport of artistic swimming!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text. First students will read a short paragraph, then they'll answer questions using words from the text before rewording their answers to make them unique.

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

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.

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

Use this bubble map to compare two things in a visually-appealing way.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details.

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

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.

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Information from Multiple Sources.

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

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: Information from Multiple Sources.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details.

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