Identifying the Main Idea in Fiction Printable Worksheets

This main idea worksheet guides your child through reading comprehension practice. Download today to get started!

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

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

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 exercise gives your student practice identifying a main idea and supporting details in short texts.

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

Use this graphic organizer to help students identify and record the main idea and details of a text.

Kids show off their reading comprehension skills with this language arts worksheet.

This interesting and informative text about the ocean can be used to help students learn how to find the main idea and key details in a nonfiction text!

With this helpful resource, your students will use a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

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

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

The main idea is the most important idea in a paragraph. With this worksheet, students will read the paragraphs carefully then circle the statement that best fits the paragraph's main idea.

Ever wonder why we hunt for Easter eggs? Discover how this spring holiday was started with this interesting look at the history of Easter.

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.

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

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

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

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

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

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.

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.

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

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