Search Printable 4th Grade Language Arts Identifying the Main Idea Worksheets

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

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

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.

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

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

Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the groundbreaking first lady known for her humanitarian work and for being the first U.S.delegate to the United Nations in 1942.

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

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

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.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

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