Facts about ostrich include that they are the largest birds in the world and that they can't fly, but that's not all. Learn all about this amazing bird!

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

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 Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Practice reading nonfiction and making connections in a text with this informational worksheet all about George Washington!

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.

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.