Children will discover more about the culinary history of early Americans as they practice practice identifying the main idea and supporting details.

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.

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

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

Unwrap the history behind a spooky Halloween favorite: mummies! With this reading worksheet, your child will learn all about mummies.

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 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.

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

Help your active readers identify key vocabulary and important details with the help of two graphic organizers!

Students will identify supporting details, in the form of adverbial phrases, in a nonfiction text excerpt.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

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.

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

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

As your students complete this close reading exercise, they will learn about the Transcontinental Railroad while practicing their active reading skills.

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.

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

Children learn about Día de los Muertos as they practice finding and supporting the main idea in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

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.

With a movie word search and fascinating info about early films, this set of reading and writing worksheets is sure to entertain your budding movie-lover!

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

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.

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.

Use this bubble map to compare two things in a visually-appealing way.

Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying key ideas by looking for repeated words and phrases in a text.

Learn about the grasslands biome, then use your knowledge to unscramble the missing words of the paragraph that follows.

Students underline key details, such as vocabulary and important information, to strengthen reading comprehension.

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.