Track down the main idea in this foundational worksheet! 

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

This main idea worksheet guides your child through reading comprehension practice. Download today to get started!

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.

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

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 worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

This social studies worksheet is a great way to encourage the next generation to understand the value and impact of voting while helping learners practice reading comprehension strategies.

This worksheet provides students with an opportunity to closely examine the difference between a topic and main idea in a nonfiction text. After reading and completing Part 1 as a class, challenge your students to complete Part 2 on their own or with a pa

Help your kindergarten students identify the main topic and key ideas in nonfiction texts using this fun sea turtle-themed worksheet.

Learn all about the interesting world of the whale while practicing fluency and reading comprehension skills using this helpful nonfiction reading worksheet.

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

Help your kindergarten students identify the main topic and key ideas in nonfiction texts using this fun horse-themed worksheet.

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

Help your kindergarten students identify the main topic and key ideas in nonfiction texts using this fun pet-themed worksheet.

After students read informational books, have them share and connect their learning by filling out this handy concept map. When they're done, students will have a fun visual representation of what they've learned.

Maximize what your students learn from reading nonfiction by having them fill out a KWL chart before and after reading.

This worksheet teaches students to locate key ideas, provide evidence, and make connections in nonfiction texts.

In this language arts worksheet, students read a nonfiction text then represent what they read by creating a helpful chart.

Help your kindergarten students think about key ideas they’ve learned about penguins using this helpful worksheet.

We all want to learn new skills! This worksheet engages students in thinking about what they’d like to learn to do or make, all while learning about nonfiction texts.

Engage students in reading before they even start! Students prepare for reading a nonfiction text by looking at the pictures in the book and answering a series of questions that get them thinking about what they already know about the topic.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

Have students record questions on sticky notes as they are reading, then they'll compile them all on this helpful worksheet before tracking down and recording their answers.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

Help students get the most out of their reading with this super helpful question and answer tracker. Before students read nonfiction books, have them make a list of information they’d like to learn. As they read, have students track the information on thi

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Main Topic.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Describing Our Homes.

Procedural texts are a great way to engage students in reading nonfiction. This worksheet has students writing their own how-to texts.