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Kindergarten - 7th Grade Main Idea Worksheets : Page 3

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

Find & Support the Main Idea: The Transcontinental Railroad

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

Where's the Evidence?

Help your kindergarten students identify the main topic and key ideas in nonfiction texts using this fun pet-themed worksheet.

Missing the Main Topic: Dogs

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

George Washington, a Man of Firsts

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Novel Discussion Guide for Parents

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

Double Bubble Thinking Map

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

Nonfiction KWL Chart

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

Tracking Important Details: A Look into Marie Curie's Life

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

Identifying Key Ideas with Repeated Words and Phrases

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.

The History of African American Spirituals

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.

Ideas of The Harlem Renaissance

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.

History of Valentine's Day

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

Underline Key Details

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #3

Important Supporting Details: The Battles of Lexington and Concord

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

Finding the Purpose

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7&nbsp;of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #4

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for the eighth and final part&nbsp;of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #5

Kids who are just starting to read nonfiction can get their feet wet with this easy Julia Child biography that has a quick comprehension exercise at the end.

Julia Child Biography

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.

Main Topic Map

This worksheet focuses on creating a title for a list of details.

The Topic of Details

Learn all about the interesting world of the whale while practicing fluency and reading comprehension skills using this helpful nonfiction reading worksheet.

Interesting Animals: Whales

Learn more about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, often simply called &quot;The Wall,&quot; with this interesting printable.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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

Glossary: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction

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

The Grassland Scramble

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details.

Glossary: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Describing Our Homes.

Vocabulary Cards: Describing Our Homes

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

Ada Lovelace Biography

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.

Teach Me How To...

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

Glossary: Nonfiction Main Idea

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