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36 Main Idea & Details ELA Reading Skills Practice Worksheets
Give your students the skills they need to find/tackle any main idea or supporting detail question with these 36 ELA reading drills! Each worksheet includes tips that reinforce effective reading strategies, and can be used to drive home the fundamentals or prep for test day! Bundle this item & save: Core ELA Value Bundle | READING! Grade 3 | READING! Grade 4 & 5THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES: 36 ELA comprehension drills (24 informational texts / 12 fiction passages) 135+ simulat
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3rd - 5th
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Compare & Contrast Informational Texts: ELA Reading Worksheets | GRADE 4 & 5
Students will integrate information from two or more texts on the same topic in order to demonstrate they are knowledgeable on the subject (RI.4.9/RI.5.9). This includes comparing and contrasting the passages. Students will find how the focus, ideas and details of the passages are similar/different. They will also draw conclusions based on information across texts, and determine how one passage helps to explain details in another. Last, students will integrate what they’ve read to write know
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4th - 5th
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Reasons & Evidence in Text: ELA Reading Comprehension Worksheets | GRADE 4 & 5
Students will explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support key points in an informational text (RI.4.8), and identify which reasons and evidence support which points (RI.5.8). This includes determining the points an author makes and finding the evidence that supports the respective points. These reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-lesson and notes at the top to serve as an anchor, followed by a nonfiction passage (or two) and several questions. Tips are included next t
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4th - 5th
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Logical Connections in Text (RI.3.8): Reading Comprehension Worksheets | GRADE 3
Students will identify and describe logical connections between sentences, and paragraphs in informational text. This includes determining why authors have certain sentences and paragraphs in a text, how paragraphs are similar, and classifying the connection between text (i.e. comparison, cause & effect, sequence, and problem/solution). Students will also find specific details that help logically connect sentences and paragraphs. These ELA reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-le
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3rd
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Compare & Contrast Points of View/Accounts: ELA Reading Worksheets | GRADE 4 & 5
Students will compare and contrast accounts in informational texts on the same topic or event. This includes describing similarities and differences in information provided, focus, and authors’ points of view between texts. Passages are written in firsthand or secondhand accounts. These ELA reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-lesson at the top to serve as an anchor, followed by two (or three) nonfiction passages and several multiple choice and open response questions. Tips are inclu
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4th - 5th
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Making Inferences: Reading Comprehension Worksheets | GRADE 4 & 5 ♥ NONFICTION
Students will make inferences and support them using text evidence in an informational text. This includes referring to details and quoting accurately from a text when drawing inferences and supporting them (RI.4.1/RI.5.1). These reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-lesson on inferencing (or drawing conclusions) at the top, followed by a non-fiction passage and several questions. Tips are included next to some commonly asked inference questions to mentor students on how to best answer
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4th - 5th
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Author’s Point of View: Reading Comprehension Worksheets | GRADE 3 ♥ NONFICTION
Students will identify an author’s point of view on various topics within an informational text. This includes identifying perspectives that an author would most likely agree with and making inferences on what an author thinks about a particular subject. These reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-lesson at the top to serve as an anchor, followed by a nonfiction passage and several multiple choice/open response questions. Tips are included next to some commonly asked questions to me
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3rd
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Main Idea Task Cards & Activity Sheets: Literacy Center
Your students will be able to find the main idea & recall supporting details with ease using these 44 animal-themed task cards & 18 corresponding activity sheets! Preview this resource and you’ll see its "funtastic" quality!TASK CARD LITERACY CENTER INCLUDES:44 task cards/passages, across 6 sets of informational text with pictures (all about animals!)18 activity sheets that correspond with task card sets and assess finding the main idea & recounting details Answer keys for students
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3rd - 5th
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Making Inferences: ELA Reading Comprehension Worksheets | GRADE 3 ♥ NONFICTION
Students will make inferences in an informational text, and support inferences with text evidence and clues (RI.3.1). These reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-lesson on inferencing (or drawing conclusions) at the top, followed by a non-fiction reading passage and several questions. Tips are included next to some commonly asked inference questions to mentor students on how to best answer them. Use as test prep, or to teach and practice the fundamentals of inferencing-- a key reading
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3rd
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Cause & Effect in Informational Texts Reading Comprehension Worksheets | GRADE 3
Students will identify, describe and/or explain cause and effect relationships in informational texts. They will answer questions that ask "what," "why" and "how" about a series of historical events and scientific ideas/concepts (RI.3.3) while referring explicitly to the text (RI.3.1). These reading comprehension worksheets include a mini-lesson on cause and effect, followed by a non-fiction passage and several questions. Tips for students are included to help them learn how to answer some com
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3rd
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Also included in: Cause & Effect: ELA Reading Comprehension Worksheets ♥ GRADE 3 BUNDLE
Text Structure: ELA Reading Comprehension Worksheets | GRADE 4 & 5 ♥ NONFICTION
Students will identify text structures of paragraphs and entire passages. This includes comparing and contrasting the structures of two texts and describing the role of paragraphs in helping a student’s understanding. The text structures found in this resource are: chronology, comparison, cause/effect, and problem/solution. Students will also use subheadings (section titles) to locate information and describe the sections they represent. These reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-
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4th - 5th
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Compare & Contrast Informational Texts: Reading Comprehension Worksheets GRADE 3
Students will compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two informational texts on a similar topic (RI.3.9). This includes identifying and describing how the ideas and details between passages are alike and/or different. This also includes finding similar points and details in a second text, based on a point or detail given from a first text. Last, students will determine which passages (or both) specific details are found in. These ELA reading comprehension
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3rd
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Visuals in Nonfiction Text: ELA Reading Comprehension Worksheets | GRADE 4 & 5
Students will interpret information presented visually, and explain how it contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears. Students will also describe how a visual supports details in a text, and identify the details that it supports. These reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-lesson at the top to serve as an anchor, followed by a nonfiction passage and several questions. Tips are included next to some commonly asked questions to mentor students on how to best answer
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4th - 5th
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Cause & Effect Informational Texts: Reading Comprehension Worksheets GRADE 4 & 5
Students will explain events, ideas, concepts and relationships in a informational, historical or scientific text (RI.4.3/RI.5.3). This includes answering cause & effect-related "what," "why" and "how" questions by referring to what the text says explicitly (RI.4.1/RI.5.1).These reading comprehension worksheets include a mini-lesson on cause and effect, followed by a non-fiction passage and several questions. Tips for students are included to help them learn how to answer some commonly aske
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4th - 5th
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Using Illustrations in Informational Text: Reading Worksheets (RI.3.7) | GRADE 3
With these reading comprehension worksheets, students will demonstrate understanding of a text by using information gained from the illustrations and words in the text (CCSS RI.3.7). Also, students will identify what new information is learned from these visuals, and what ideas the illustrations support in the passage. Lastly, students will describe how the illustrations support ideas in the text. These illustration-based reading worksheets have a mini-lesson at the top to serve as an anc
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3rd
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Summer or Back to School Close Reading Passages Informational Text 4th 5th Grade
Want a fresh way to keep kids reading as you wrap up the summer then head into back to school? These close reading passages for upper elementary have 10 high-interest topics that keep kids engaged with nonfiction reading comprehension for July and August. So, as kids transition from summer into back-to-school season, they will have engaging reading passages with questions for practice.Key Features of these close reading passages:Printable + Google Slides resourceHas 10 nonfiction / informational
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4th - 5th
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Arbor Day Readings + Activities + Crafts
Arbor Day is coming... and this is a great opportunity to create environmental awareness in our children and students!!! This resource can be used both physically and digitally. It includes: - Cover page. - How to do page. p1: - What is Arbor Day about? p2: - What do you know about trees? p3: - The life cycle of a tree. > Seeding. > Sapling. p4: > Mature tree. > Fruit tree. p5 - Activities p6: - Video "7 FUN FACTS ABOUT TREES! FACTS FOR KIDS!" p7: - Answer the following questions ab
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1st - 8th
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Marine Mammals Web Search for Print, TpT Digital Activity Distance Learning
Marine Mammals Online Web Search for TeensMarine Mammals Web Search for Print, TpT Digital Activity Distance LearningThis is a 20 question web search document you can use with high school/middle school students. Your students will search for questions related to marine mammals. Yes, an answer sheet is included :o) Print out the sheets or use Adobe Reader and have students type their answers straight into the PDF file.Zombies in Pop Culture Online Web SearchParanormal Online Web SearchHalloween
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9th - 12th
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Summer Reading Passages with Juneteenth Comprehension May Early Finishers
Looking for engaging summer reading for your 4th and 5th graders? Our Summer Reading Passages with Juneteenth Comprehension: May Early Finishers offers 10 captivating nonfiction topics perfect for preventing the summer slide. Ideal for summer school and end-of-year activities, this resource keeps students engaged and helps them finish strong. But that's not all it does. Keep reading to see how these summer reading passages will work wonders for your kiddos. ⭐️ Key Features of these close reading
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4th - 5th
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Forensic science Reading Comprehension Passage for Middle School Students
This forensic science reading comprehension passage is an engaging resource for middle school science teachers. It covers the processes used to solve crimes through physical evidence and includes comprehension questions to test students' understanding.The science reading passage is leveled appropriately for middle school students, and is designed to capture their interest with an engaging article and hands-on activities.(100 % Digital Download)Files included:• 1 PDF 5 Pages Ready to Print.1 Digi
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6th - 8th
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Recount Details in Informational Text: Grade 3 Reading Worksheets RI.3.1, RI.3.2
NEW. Students will recall and recount key details in informational text, to demonstrate understanding of what they’ve read (RI.3.2). In doing so, students will answer questions about details in each non-fiction passage, locate information and refer to the text as a basis for their answers (RI.3.1).These ELA reading comprehension worksheets provide targeted, high-dosage practice on answering detail “right there in the text” questions. Each sheet begins with a short educational passage, followe
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3rd
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Dr. Martin Luther King: The Art of Rhetoric: Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Teach the art of persuasion with rhetorical appeals: Ethos, Pathos, Logosteach nonfiction text structure with graphic organizersteach how to recognize claimsteach use of repetition in rhetorical textscelebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's iconic message for Black History Month and every month!Develop vocabularyteach the use of figurative language in nonfiction texts (simile, metaphor, allusions)teach compassion and empathy!
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9th - 12th
Supporting Details Exit Slip/Homework (Informational Text on The White House)
This is a quick exercise that can be used as guided or independent practice after teaching students the concept of details that support a main idea. You can also assign as homework or use as an exit ticket to assess which students mastered the concept.This handout has an informational passage on The White House, requiring students to list supporting details on how the US government building is unlike other houses. Additionally, students are required to complete two, simple lists based on a spec
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3rd - 5th
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RECOUNT DETAILS IN NONFICTION TEXT Grade 4 & 5 Reading Worksheets RI.4.1, RI.5.1
NEW. Students will recall and recount details in informational texts to demonstrate comprehension of the passages they’ve read. In doing so, they will refer to details, examples and quote from the text when explaining what the text says explicitly (RI.4.1, RI.5.1). Students will also practice locating relevant information to answer reading questions. These ELA reading comprehension worksheets provide targeted, high-dosage practice on answering detail “right there in the text” questions. Each
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4th - 5th
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