Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

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

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

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.

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

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

Finding the main idea of a story is a fundamental reading comprehension skill. Help your child tackle reading with this beginner's worksheet!

Students will identify the main idea and supporting details in a short nonfiction text.

Track down the main idea in this foundational worksheet! 

Dig into main ideas and details as you read about salsa gardens in this engaging worksheet!