RI.5.2 Worksheets
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2
:"Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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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
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Movies and Main Ideas
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Movies and Main Ideas
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.
5th Grade
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Answering Questions About Wild, Wild Weather
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Answering Questions About Wild, Wild Weather
Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.
3rd Grade
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Language Frames: Nonfiction Summary
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Language Frames: Nonfiction Summary
Support discussions about main ideas and summarization with these helpful language frames. This worksheet will help your students organize their thoughts and information from a nonfiction paragraph or text.
4th Grade
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Fact & Opinion Adjectives
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Fact & Opinion Adjectives
Students will use an adjective word bank to help them identify statements of fact and opinion.
5th Grade
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Glossary: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details
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Glossary: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details.
5th Grade
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Vocabulary Cards: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details
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Vocabulary Cards: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details.
5th Grade
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Nouns & Pronouns: Subject of a Sentence
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Nouns & Pronouns: Subject of a Sentence
EL students will identify nouns and pronouns that are the subject of a sentence.
5th Grade
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Vocabulary Cards: Main Idea and Supporting Details
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Vocabulary Cards: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.
5th Grade
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Glossary: Main Idea and Supporting Details
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Glossary: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.
5th Grade
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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
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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
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I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!
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I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!
In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.
5th Grade
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Glossary: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction
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Glossary: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts.
5th Grade
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Vocabulary Cards: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction
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Vocabulary Cards: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts.
5th Grade
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Amerigo Vespucci
America gets its name from Amerigo Vespucci. Kids will learn about this important historical figure with this fun worksheet.
5th Grade
Social studies
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Finding the Main Idea: Madam C.J. Walker
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Finding the Main Idea: Madam C.J. Walker
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.
4th Grade
Social studies
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Dorothea Lange and the FSA Photographers
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Dorothea Lange and the FSA Photographers
Children learn about three women who emerged as influential photographers during the Great Depression in the United States through the FSA program.
4th Grade
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The First All-Female Spacewalk
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The First All-Female Spacewalk
When Christina Koch and Jessica Meir traveled to the International Space Station in October 2019, they went down in history as having completed the first all-female spacewalk. Children can learn about this momentous trip with the help of this worksheet.
2nd Grade
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Women in History: Marian Anderson
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Women in History: Marian Anderson
Children read a brief biography of world renowned opera singer Marian Anderson, then answer a series of reading comprehension questions.
4th Grade
Social studies
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biography
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biography
In this biography worksheet, children are introduced to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who in 1993 became the second female Justice of the Supreme Court in the United States.
5th Grade
Social studies
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Paraphrase the Declaration of Independence
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Paraphrase the Declaration of Independence
Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!
5th Grade
Social studies
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Extended Informational Reading Comprehension: The Buzz About Beekeeping
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Extended Informational Reading Comprehension: The Buzz About Beekeeping
What’s all the buzz about beekeeping? Give students this four-page nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet to find out!
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Video Games: Not Just for Fun
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Video Games: Not Just for Fun
Develop reading comprehension with this video game passage. Ask your students to read the excerpt, then answer questions about the main ideas and details.
5th Grade
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Picture Walk Preview Notes
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Picture Walk Preview Notes
Track first impressions of a text and kickstart background knowledge using this efficient organizer. This resource goes along with the Picture Walk-A-Preview lesson plan.
5th Grade
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Picture Walk Reflections
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Picture Walk Reflections
Previewing text will never be the same! Students can use this resource to track key observations and revisit them to add new insights. Use this organizer with the Picture Walk-A-Preview lesson plan.
5th Grade
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Re-imagining Narratives with Guest Characters
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Re-imagining Narratives with Guest Characters
Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine narratives with characters from their favorite stories.
5th Grade
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Re-imagining Conclusions with Guest Characters
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Re-imagining Conclusions with Guest Characters
Use this graphic organizer with your students to reflect and re-imagine story endings with characters from their favorite tales.
5th Grade
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Re-imagining Dialogue with Guest Characters
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Re-imagining Dialogue with Guest Characters
Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.
5th Grade
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Writing a Nonfiction Summary: Sharks
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Writing a Nonfiction Summary: Sharks
Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.
5th Grade
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