Year 6 Identifying the Main Topic in Non-Fiction Texts Resources

Find the Main Idea: Viceroy Butterfly

Worksheet

Find the Main Idea: Viceroy Butterfly

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

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map

Worksheet

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

Main Idea & Details: Icebergs

Worksheet

Main Idea & Details: Icebergs

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

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details

Worksheet

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

Find the Main Idea: The Moon

Worksheet

Find the Main Idea: The Moon

What's the big idea? Find out with this reading comprehension worksheet about the moon.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts

Lesson plan

Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts

Support your EL students in understanding and identifying the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text. This can support the lesson Tip of the Iceberg: Nonfiction Summary Details.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Lesson plan

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Help your ELs learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text by using nouns and pronouns as guide words. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson Explorer Letters.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Super Survival Skills

Lesson plan

Super Survival Skills

Hone your students' close reading skills by using this interesting and fun lesson that teaches your class survival skills in an informational text.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Early Cinema: Magic and Moving Pictures

Workbook

Early Cinema: Magic and Moving Pictures

Learn about amazing works of early cinema with this reading and writing workbook. Pick up fun movie trivia as you complete puzzles, watch your fave movies, make film-inspired crafts, and more.

Year 6

Social studies

Workbook

Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web

Worksheet

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.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Talkies, Movie Word Search, and More

Worksheet

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!

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Video Games: Not Just for Fun

Worksheet

Video Games: Not Just for Fun

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

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Movies and Main Ideas

Worksheet

Movies and Main Ideas

This worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text. First students will read a short paragraph, then they'll answer questions using words from the text before rewording their answers to make them unique.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Glossary: Main Idea and Supporting Details

Worksheet

Glossary: Main Idea and Supporting Details

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

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Main Idea and Supporting Details

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Main Idea and Supporting Details

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!

Worksheet

I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!

In this exercise, EL students will practise using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Glossary: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction

Worksheet

Glossary: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction

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

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Fishing for Headlines

Activity

Fishing for Headlines

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Year 6

Social studies

Activity

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