Main Idea and Supporting Details: Third Grade
Main idea and supporting details worksheets for third grade. Ten short nonfiction passages, each with a main idea question, a supporting detail question and a main idea graphic organizer.
A free printable with 3 of the 10 worksheets, in color and black & white, with the answer key.
- 10 nonfiction passages picked from a pool of 16 (animals, space, Earth, health)
- Main idea, supporting detail and a main idea and details organizer on every page
- Color and black & white, with answer key
- Grade
- Grade 3
- Full set
- 10 worksheets in color, the same 10 in black & white, answer key · 26 pages
- Format
- PDF, US Letter (8.5 × 11 in)
- Standards
RI.3.1Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
RI.3.2Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
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What's inside
- Why We Need Sleep
- Why We Recycle
- Clever Octopuses
- Bats at Night
- Saving Water at Home
- All About Spiders
- What Is a Volcano?
- Kangaroos
- Fossils: Clues from the Past
- Layers of the Rainforest
Every worksheet comes in color and in black & white, with an answer key at the end.
How to use these reading worksheets
Use the reference page to teach or review, then pick the worksheets that fit your lesson. They work for small groups, morning work, centers and homework. The last page is a short assessment.
Skills practiced
More practice: third grade reading: nonfiction worksheets · all third grade reading worksheets
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