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Understanding Main Idea and Supporting Details

This three-page worksheet teaches students to identify the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction passage.

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This three-page worksheet teaches students to identify the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction passage. Students use a quick guide, analyze a passage about bioluminescent deep-sea creatures, complete graphic organizers, and reflect on their thinking.

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Clear goals. Useful learning.

  • Students will identify the main idea of a nonfiction passage.
  • Students will locate key supporting details and evidence.
  • Students will use text features and signal words to predict and comprehend text.
  • Students will explain how supporting details develop the main idea.