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Main Idea: Working Dogs
Main Idea: Working Dogs
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Main Idea: Working Dogs
Third Grade
Reading
Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.
Worksheet
Main Idea: Working Dogs
Main Idea: Working Dogs
Worksheet
Main Idea: Working Dogs
Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Shark
Find the Main Idea: Shark
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Find the Main Idea: Shark
Third Grade
Reading
Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Shark
Find the Main Idea: Shark
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Shark
Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
What's the Main Idea?
What's the Main Idea?
Interactive Worksheet
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What's the Main Idea?
Second Grade
Reading
Track down the main idea in this foundational worksheet! 
Interactive Worksheet
What's the Main Idea?
What's the Main Idea?
Interactive Worksheet
What's the Main Idea?
Track down the main idea in this foundational worksheet! 
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Main Idea Multiple Choice
Main Idea Multiple Choice
Worksheet
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Main Idea Multiple Choice
Third Grade
Reading
Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.
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Main Idea Multiple Choice
Main Idea Multiple Choice
Worksheet
Main Idea Multiple Choice
Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Identifying the Main Idea & Details
Identifying the Main Idea & Details
Worksheet
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Identifying the Main Idea & Details
Fourth Grade
Reading
As your students complete this reading comprehension exercise, they will learn about their lungs while practicing active reading skills.
Worksheet
Identifying the Main Idea & Details
Identifying the Main Idea & Details
Worksheet
Identifying the Main Idea & Details
As your students complete this reading comprehension exercise, they will learn about their lungs while practicing active reading skills.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Activity
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Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Second Grade
Reading
Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.
Activity
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Activity
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.
Second Grade
Reading
Activity
Main Idea of a Story
Main Idea of a Story
Interactive Worksheet
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Main Idea of a Story
Third Grade
Reading
Finding the main idea of a story is a fundamental reading comprehension skill. Help your child tackle reading with this beginner's worksheet!
Interactive Worksheet
Main Idea of a Story
Main Idea of a Story
Interactive Worksheet
Main Idea of a Story
Finding the main idea of a story is a fundamental reading comprehension skill. Help your child tackle reading with this beginner's worksheet!
Third Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Video Games: Not Just for Fun
Video Games: Not Just for Fun
Worksheet
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Video Games: Not Just for Fun
Fifth Grade
Reading
Develop reading comprehension with this video game passage. Ask your students to read the excerpt, then answer questions about the main ideas and details.
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Video Games: Not Just for Fun
Video Games: Not Just for Fun
Worksheet
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.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Butterflies
Find the Main Idea: Butterflies
Worksheet
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Find the Main Idea: Butterflies
Third Grade
Reading
Children learn about the ways that butterflies like the viceroy and buckeye avoid predators in this engaging reading comprehension worksheet.
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Butterflies
Find the Main Idea: Butterflies
Worksheet
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.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Main Idea & Details: Icebergs
Main Idea & Details: Icebergs
Worksheet
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Main Idea & Details: Icebergs
Third Grade
Reading
Students will identify the main idea and supporting details in a short nonfiction text.
Worksheet
Main Idea & Details: Icebergs
Main Idea & Details: Icebergs
Worksheet
Main Idea & Details: Icebergs
Students will identify the main idea and supporting details in a short nonfiction text.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Informational Reading Comprehension: Artistic Swimming: One Tough Sport
Informational Reading Comprehension: Artistic Swimming: One Tough Sport
Worksheet
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Informational Reading Comprehension: Artistic Swimming: One Tough Sport
Seventh Grade
Reading
Get your feet wet with this one-page reading comprehension worksheet on the challenging sport of artistic swimming!
Worksheet
Informational Reading Comprehension: Artistic Swimming: One Tough Sport
Informational Reading Comprehension: Artistic Swimming: One Tough Sport
Worksheet
Informational Reading Comprehension: Artistic Swimming: One Tough Sport
Get your feet wet with this one-page reading comprehension worksheet on the challenging sport of artistic swimming!
Seventh Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map
Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map
Worksheet
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Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map
Kindergarten
Reading
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.
Worksheet
Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map
Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map
Worksheet
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
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: The Moon
Find the Main Idea: The Moon
Worksheet
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Find the Main Idea: The Moon
Fourth Grade
Reading
Children learn about the Moon, then practice finding and writing the main idea, in this literacy worksheet.
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: The Moon
Find the Main Idea: The Moon
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: The Moon
Children learn about the Moon, then practice finding and writing the main idea, in this literacy worksheet.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Thurgood Marshall
Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Thurgood Marshall
Worksheet
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Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Thurgood Marshall
Sixth Grade
Reading
Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!
Worksheet
Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Thurgood Marshall
Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Thurgood Marshall
Worksheet
Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Thurgood Marshall
Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!
Sixth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Story Sleuth: Reading Comprehension
Story Sleuth: Reading Comprehension
Workbook
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Story Sleuth: Reading Comprehension
Fifth Grade
Reading
A central component of reading comprehension is the ability to understand the main idea or theme of a text. In this series, your child will practice basic analysis of a short story or poem.
Workbook
Story Sleuth: Reading Comprehension
Story Sleuth: Reading Comprehension
Workbook
Story Sleuth: Reading Comprehension
A central component of reading comprehension is the ability to understand the main idea or theme of a text. In this series, your child will practice basic analysis of a short story or poem.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Workbook
Learning About the Ocean
Learning About the Ocean
Worksheet
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Learning About the Ocean
Third Grade
Reading
Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.
Worksheet
Learning About the Ocean
Learning About the Ocean
Worksheet
Learning About the Ocean
Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web
Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web
Worksheet
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Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web
Second Grade
Reading
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.
Worksheet
Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web
Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web
Worksheet
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.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details
Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details
Worksheet
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Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details
Kindergarten
Reading
This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.
Worksheet
Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details
Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details
Worksheet
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
Worksheet
Taking Notes With Informational Texts: Central Idea and Key Details
Taking Notes With Informational Texts: Central Idea and Key Details
Worksheet
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Taking Notes With Informational Texts: Central Idea and Key Details
Sixth Grade
Reading
Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.
Worksheet
Taking Notes With Informational Texts: Central Idea and Key Details
Taking Notes With Informational Texts: Central Idea and Key Details
Worksheet
Taking Notes With Informational Texts: Central Idea and Key Details
Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.
Sixth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 2
Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 2
Worksheet
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Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 2
Fourth Grade
Reading
Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.
Worksheet
Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 2
Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 2
Worksheet
Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 2
Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1
Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1
Worksheet
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Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1
Third Grade
Reading
Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.
Worksheet
Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1
Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1
Worksheet
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.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Elephant
Find the Main Idea: Elephant
Worksheet
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Find the Main Idea: Elephant
Fourth Grade
Reading
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.
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Elephant
Find the Main Idea: Elephant
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Elephant
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.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Writing Workout: Supporting the Main Idea
Writing Workout: Supporting the Main Idea
Worksheet
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Writing Workout: Supporting the Main Idea
Third Grade
Reading
Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.
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Writing Workout: Supporting the Main Idea
Writing Workout: Supporting the Main Idea
Worksheet
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.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
What's It All About? Main Ideas and Supporting Details
What's It All About? Main Ideas and Supporting Details
Worksheet
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What's It All About? Main Ideas and Supporting Details
Fourth Grade
Reading
Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.
Worksheet
What's It All About? Main Ideas and Supporting Details
What's It All About? Main Ideas and Supporting Details
Worksheet
What's It All About? Main Ideas and Supporting Details
Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Winchester Mystery House
Winchester Mystery House
Worksheet
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Winchester Mystery House
Fifth Grade
Reading
Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.
Worksheet
Winchester Mystery House
Winchester Mystery House
Worksheet
Winchester Mystery House
Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Main Idea: The Wright Brothers
Main Idea: The Wright Brothers
Worksheet
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Main Idea: The Wright Brothers
Third Grade
Reading
This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.
Worksheet
Main Idea: The Wright Brothers
Main Idea: The Wright Brothers
Worksheet
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.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Finding the Main Idea: Madam C.J. Walker
Finding the Main Idea: Madam C.J. Walker
Worksheet
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Finding the Main Idea: Madam C.J. Walker
Fourth Grade
Reading
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.
Worksheet
Finding the Main Idea: Madam C.J. Walker
Finding the Main Idea: Madam C.J. Walker
Worksheet
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.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Light and Color
Light and Color
Workbook
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Light and Color
Third Grade
Reading
Did you know that light can bend? Help your curious kids learn the important physical properties of light and explore how light adds colors to our world, with this beautiful series on light and color.
Workbook
Light and Color
Light and Color
Workbook
Light and Color
Did you know that light can bend? Help your curious kids learn the important physical properties of light and explore how light adds colors to our world, with this beautiful series on light and color.
Third Grade
Reading
Workbook
Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Central Ideas
Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Central Ideas
Worksheet
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Central Ideas
Sixth Grade
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.
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Central Ideas
Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Central Ideas
Worksheet
Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Central Ideas
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.
Sixth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!
I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!
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I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!
Fifth Grade
Reading
In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.
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I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!
I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!
Worksheet
I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!
In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.
Fifth Grade
Reading
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