RI.3.2 Worksheets
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2
:"Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Worksheets
National Symbols: The Statue of Liberty
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National Symbols: The Statue of Liberty
Read the text to this page aloud to your child as she colors, and talk about your family's heritage. Did her ancestors sail past The Statue of Liberty?
2nd grade
Social studies
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National Symbols: The Declaration of Independence
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National Symbols: The Declaration of Independence
Help your child learn more about her American heritage with these coloring pages that are chock-full of history featuring the Declaration of Independence.
2nd grade
Social studies
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Find the Main Idea: Shark
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Find the Main Idea: Shark
Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Ideas of The Harlem Renaissance
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Ideas of The Harlem Renaissance
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.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Native American Tribes: Nez Perce
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Native American Tribes: Nez Perce
The Nez Perce is a Native American tribe in the Northwest U.S. This worksheet will hep your little learner to explore Native American history and culture.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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The Selfish Giant
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The Selfish Giant
Is your kid struggling with reading comprehension? Try this short and sweet story from Oscar Wilde.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Ladder Graphic Organizer
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Ladder Graphic Organizer
Learn about story progression and story organization with this ladder graphic organizer.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Hills and Valleys
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Hills and Valleys
Mix a little art into your science with this reading-slash-drawing sheet on hills and valleys.
3rd grade
Science
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Main Idea: Working Dogs
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Main Idea: Working Dogs
Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Main Idea: The Wright Brothers
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Main Idea: The Wright Brothers
This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Main Idea Multiple Choice
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Main Idea Multiple Choice
Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1
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Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1
Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Find the Main Idea: Butterflies
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Find the Main Idea: Butterflies
Children learn about the ways that butterflies like the viceroy and buckeye avoid predators in this engaging reading comprehension worksheet.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Writing Workout: Supporting the Main Idea
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Writing Workout: Supporting the Main Idea
Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Important Supporting Details: Helen Keller
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Important Supporting Details: Helen Keller
Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea as they read about a famous historical figure.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Important Supporting Details: Cherokee
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Important Supporting Details: Cherokee
Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea. Students will read about an significant Native American tribe and determine the most important information in the text.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Important Supporting Details: Jamestown Colony
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Important Supporting Details: Jamestown Colony
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Learning About the Ocean
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Learning About the Ocean
Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Make a Summary: Butterflies
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Make a Summary: Butterflies
Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map
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Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map
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.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details
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Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details
This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Ideas of The Harlem Renaissance
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Ideas of The Harlem Renaissance
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.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Sea Creatures Sizes
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Sea Creatures Sizes
The big blue sea is filled with creatures of all different sizes. This worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text about sea creatures and then rewording the text. This will help build your third graders' vocabulary!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
The Topic of Details
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The Topic of Details
This worksheet focuses on creating a title for a list of details.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Glossary: Repeated Words and Phrases
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Glossary: Repeated Words and Phrases
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Repeated Words and Phrases.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Vocabulary Cards: Repeated Words and Phrases
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Vocabulary Cards: Repeated Words and Phrases
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Repeated Words and Phrases.
Reading & Writing
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Identifying Key Ideas with Repeated Words and Phrases
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Identifying Key Ideas with Repeated Words and Phrases
Use this resource to give your students practice identifying key ideas by looking for repeated words and phrases in a text.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web
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Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web
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.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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George Washington, a Man of Firsts
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George Washington, a Man of Firsts
Practice reading nonfiction and making connections in a text with this informational worksheet all about George Washington!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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