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Main Idea of a Story Worksheet
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Main Idea of a Story Worksheet
This main idea worksheet guides your child through reading comprehension practice. Download today to get started!
2nd grade
Reading & writing
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Main Idea Multiple Choice
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Main Idea Multiple Choice
This exercise gives your student practice identifying a main idea and supporting details in short texts.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
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What's the Main Idea?
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What's the Main Idea?
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.
2nd grade
Reading & writing
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Viceroy Butterfly
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Find the Main Idea: Viceroy Butterfly
Kids show off their reading comprehension skills with this language arts worksheet.
5th grade
Reading & writing
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Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map
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Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map
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.
Kindergarten
Reading & writing
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Shark
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Find the Main Idea: Shark
Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.
2nd grade
Reading & writing
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Main Idea: Working Dogs
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Main Idea: Working Dogs
With this helpful resource, your students will use a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
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Main Idea & Details: Icebergs
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Main Idea & Details: Icebergs
Students will identify the main idea and supporting details in a short nonfiction text.
5th grade
Reading & writing
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Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details
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Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details
Use this graphic organizer to help students identify and record the main idea and details of a text.
Kindergarten
Reading & writing
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Identifying the Main Idea & Details
Worksheet
Identifying the Main Idea & Details
As your students complete this reading comprehension exercise, they will learn about their lungs while practicing active reading skills.
4th grade
Reading & writing
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Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1
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Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1
Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.
4th grade
Reading & writing
Worksheet
Find & Support the Main Idea: Dia de Los Muertos
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Find & Support the Main Idea: Dia de Los Muertos
Children learn about Día de los Muertos as they practice finding and supporting the main idea in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & writing
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Elephant
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Find the Main Idea: Elephant
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.
4th grade
Reading & writing
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Find the Main Idea: The Moon
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Find the Main Idea: The Moon
What's the big idea? Find out with this reading comprehension worksheet about the moon.
5th grade
Reading & writing
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Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 2
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Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 2
Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.
4th grade
Reading & writing
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Main Topic Map
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Main Topic Map
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.
1st grade
Reading & writing
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Brainstorm Before Reading
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Brainstorm Before Reading
Set students up for success when reading nonfiction by having them brainstorm what they already know about a topic. Students will use this simple graphic organizer to record things they know and want to know before diving into their book to learn more.
1st grade
Reading & writing
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Main Idea: The Wright Brothers
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Main Idea: The Wright Brothers
This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
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Vocabulary is the Key!
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Vocabulary is the Key!
When reading nonfiction books, it’s important to understand the meaning of related vocabulary words. In this activity, students identify sentences that include key vocabulary. When they're done they'll hold the key to reading success!
1st grade
Reading & writing
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Nonfiction Comprehension: Main Idea & Context Clues
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Nonfiction Comprehension: Main Idea & Context Clues
In this exercise, students will practice an active reading strategy while building their vocabulary!
4th grade
Reading & writing
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Find & Support the Main Idea: The Transcontinental Railroad
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Find & Support the Main Idea: The Transcontinental Railroad
As your students complete this close reading exercise, they will learn about the Transcontinental Railroad while practicing their active reading skills.
4th grade
Reading & writing
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Native American Foods
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Find the Main Idea: Native American Foods
As your students complete this reading comprehension exercise, they will learn about Native American Foods and practice finding the main idea.
4th grade
Reading & writing
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Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web
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Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web
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.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
Worksheet
Talkies, Movie Word Search, and More
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Talkies, Movie Word Search, and More
With a movie word search and fascinating info about early films, this set of reading and writing worksheets is sure to entertain your budding movie-lover!
5th grade
Reading & writing
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Compare and Contrast: Platypus
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Compare and Contrast: Platypus
In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.
2nd grade
Science
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