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4th - 7th Grade Common Core Main Idea Worksheets

Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Main Idea: Working Dogs

Explore the many ways people around the world embrace winter in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Informational Reading Comprehension: The Art of Embracing Cold Weather

Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

Find the Main Idea: Shark

As your students complete this reading comprehension exercise, they will learn about their lungs while practicing active reading skills.

Identifying the Main Idea & Details

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

Main Idea Multiple Choice

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

Main Idea & Details: Icebergs

Develop reading comprehension with this video game passage. Ask your students to read the excerpt, then answer questions about the main ideas and details.

Video Games: Not Just for Fun

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of George Washington Carver

Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Thurgood Marshall

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

Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details

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.

Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map

What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

Identify Themes in Literature: Graphic Organizer

Children learn about the Moon, then practice finding and writing the main idea, in this literacy worksheet.

Find the Main Idea: The Moon

Introduce students to the classic poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Analyzing Poetry: Jabberwocky

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

Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1

Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.

Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 2

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Althea Gibson

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Taking Notes With Informational Texts: Central Idea and Key Details

Introduce readers to the poem &ldquo;We Wear the Mask&rdquo; by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet! 
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Analyzing Poetry: “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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.

Find the Main Idea: Elephant

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #1

Get your feet wet with this one-page reading comprehension worksheet on the challenging sport of artistic swimming!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Artistic Swimming: One Tough Sport

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

Winchester Mystery House

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #2

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1&ndash;38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1

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

Find the Main Idea: Native American Foods

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

What's It All About? Main Ideas and Supporting Details

In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!

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.

Movies and Main Ideas

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.

Finding the Main Idea: Madam C.J. Walker

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