Track down the main idea in this foundational worksheet! 

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

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the main idea the author wanted to communicate by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

This worksheet uses the shape of the sun to teach kids how supporting details come out of the main idea of a text like rays.

This worksheet offers helpful preparation for students as they learn to become intentional, careful readers of nonfiction.

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

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

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

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

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.

This worksheet helps students identify and make connections between key ideas in nonfiction readings.

This worksheet teaches kids the importance of notetaking while reading using the shape of a well-known object: a tree!

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Unknown Words.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Sharing Facts from Nonfiction.