36 Main Idea & Details ELA Reading Skills Practice Worksheets
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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 & 5
THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:
- 36 ELA comprehension drills (24 informational texts / 12 fiction passages)
- 135+ simulated test questions (multiple choice / short response)
- Questions on finding the summary, theme & central message of passages
- Helpful tips on answering common main idea & detail questions effectively
- 3 FREE, extra tools on main idea & detail in addition to the 36 worksheets
- Digitally enabled (Easel Activities) version to assign via Google Classroom or any LMS
COMMON CORE DESIGNED, SIMULATED AFTER:
- Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
- State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) / TEKS
- Florida FSA (same test vendor creates FAST progress monitoring assessments)
- New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)
- Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)
- Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS)
- Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)
- Ohio’s State Tests
- North Carolina Ready End-of-Grade Assessment: ELA/Reading (NC Ready EOG)
- Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP)
- New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA)
- Virginia Standards of Learning (VA SOL)
- Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment (AASA, formerly AzM2)
- Each year, there are ~5 - 6 main idea / key detail questions on these tests.
USEFUL IN MANY WAYS!
All drills take 10-15 minutes to complete, and are useful for:
- Literacy lessons
- Guided or independent practice
- ELA test prep / reading test prep* (with test-taking strategies)
- Small group work / literacy circles / partner work
- Reading intervention groups (RTI) / small group remediation & instruction
- Independent work / early finishers work
- Literacy center activities
- Morning work / do now / bell ringers / ELA warm-ups
- Progress monitoring/checks
- Exit slips or tickets
- Homework
- Main idea & details review/reteach (e.g. central idea)
- Tutoring (targeted, high-dosage reading skill work)
- After-school programs / extended school days
- Learning packets for anticipated school closings / snow days
- Winter/spring/summer vacation reading packets
- Summer school programs / summer bridge activities
- Substitute teacher lesson plans and activities
- Homeschool lessons
- Absent student make up work
- *including reading summative assessments such as: SBAC for California, Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Nevada & other member states, Tennessee TNReady, Massachusetts MCAS, Minnesota MCA, Maryland MCAP, Colorado CMAS, Missouri MAP, Wisconsin Forward, PARCC and more
WHAT TEACHERS HAVE SAID:
♥ “What a fantastic resource! The passages are perfect for small groups and independent practice. I really enjoy the pages with tips included, and not included for independent assessment. Thank you!” -- Mrs. P.
♥ “These have been great to work with my students. The passages are short enough for a quick mini-lesson and go over a very useful skill. Thank you!” -- Rachel L.
♥ “Wonderful and invaluable resource! I can tell so much thought and effort has been put into everything. This makes my planning and teaching so much easier and better! Thanks so much for your dedication to quality.” -- Leonor R.
♥ “I'd buy this product 10 times over! I absolutely LOVE these drills. Quick, short, and very educational. The topics are interesting and I love the helpful hints.” -- Alison G.
ADD THESE SKILLS-BOOSTING READING DRILLS TO YOUR ELA TOOLKIT:
- 28 Context Clues Reading Drills & Test Prep
- 22 Character Study/Analysis Reading Drills & Test Prep
- or save by adding both with The Core ELA Value Bundle!
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ALIGNED WITH COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
GRADE 3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as a basis for the answers.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.2: Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
GRADE 4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2: Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
GRADE 5
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
