Details in Non-Fiction Texts Resources

Close Reading: Introduction

Sink or Float

Introduce your students to the scientific concept of sink or float. This hands-on experiment allows them to see which objects sink and which float. The concepts taught will be solidified with the completion of worksheets.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map

Close Reading: Introduction

Help your students absorb the details of a text and make inferences about what they read with the strategy of close reading. By reading closely, students will become better able to understand complex themes and nuances in a text.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Can You Dig It: Rocks and Soil

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.

Year one

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Differentiating Main Ideas from Details

Can You Dig It: Rocks and Soil

Get your hands dirty in the name of science! Explore the basic elements of the earth's surface with this beginner's guide to rocks, soil, and processes that change them.

Year 3

Science

Workbook

Differentiating Main Ideas from Details

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand main idea and supporting details in the context of sentences and paragraphs. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Power Reading lesson.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Plant Parts

Main Idea & Details: Icebergs

Plant Parts

Explore the parts of a plant and the stages of life it goes through. Then try your hand at germinating seeds as you introduce your little bud to important plant processes like photosynthesis.

Year 2

Science

Workbook

Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details

Main Idea & Details: Icebergs

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

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Identifying the Main Idea & Details

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.

Year one

Reading & writing

Worksheet

What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts

Identifying the Main Idea & Details

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

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts

Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key year five skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in three to four sentences.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Simple Machines

Simple Machines

Did you know there are 6 simple machines that make up every complicated gizmo out there? This book introduces the pulley, the lever, the screw, the wedge, the inclined plane and the wheel & axle.

Year 3

Science

Workbook

Weather & Seasons

Weather & Seasons

Sun or snow, this series about the seasons will shine for any kid! This round-up of matching games and art projects practices how weather patterns match up with the four seasons.

Kindergarten

Science

Workbook

Move Like an Animal!

Move Like an Animal!

Have your students get energized while they learn about animal locomotion and move around like various animals!

Year 2

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Power Reading

Power Reading

Help students learn how to read passages with multiple main ideas and differentiate between main ideas and supporting details by creating a graphic organizer with proof from the text.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Aquatic Biomes

Flightless Birds Reading Comprehension

Aquatic Biomes

Dive into earth and life science with this book on aquatic biomes. Research reefs, learn wetland animals, and explore the squishy world of swamps in this book about these wet and wild ecosystems.

Year 5

Science

Workbook

Game

Flightless Birds Reading Comprehension

Kids show off their reading comprehension skills with this quiz, written to recall details from the informational text Flightless Birds.

Year 3

Reading & writing

Game

Life Cycles

Life Cycles

In this life science packet kids will cut and paste various forms of insects, mammals and more, learning the similarities and differences of living things during stages of life.

Year 3

Science

Workbook

Light and colour

Light and colour

Did you know that light can bend? Help your curious kids learn the important physical properties of light and explore how light adds colors to our world, with this beautiful series on light and colour.

Year 4

Science

Workbook

Different Communities

Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1

Different Communities

What's the difference? In this lesson, your students will learn to describe what living in an urban, rural, and a suburban area is like.

Year 3

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

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.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Main ideas and Details

Main ideas and Details

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand main idea and supporting details. They'll analyze non-fiction word, sentence, and paragraph structures. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the In Search of Main Ideas lesson.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

All About Mummies

Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense

All About Mummies

Unwrap the history behind a spooky Halloween favorite: mummies! With this reading worksheet, your child will learn all about mummies.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet