Reading skill
Main idea
Ask what the whole passage, or the whole paragraph, is mostly about. The main idea covers every part; a detail covers only one.
Example (The Snail Race, Grade 2)
What lesson does the story show?
Answer: Slow and steady can win.. Slow Pebble kept going and beat fast Zoom, who stopped.
Grade 2
- The Snail Race Story
- How Bees Make Honey Information
- Meet the Polar Bear Information
- Meet the Emperor Penguin Information
- Meet the Fennec Fox Information
- Meet the Monarch Butterfly Information
- Meet the Giant Panda Information
- Meet the Koala Information
- Meet the Hummingbird Information
- Meet the Komodo Dragon Information
- Meet the Chameleon Information
- Meet the Octopus Information
- Meet the Kangaroo Information
- Meet the Gorilla Information
- Meet the Salmon Information
- Meet the Giraffe Information
- Meet the Walrus Information
- Meet the Kiwi Information
- Meet the Bengal Tiger Information
- Meet the Moose Information
- Meet the Platypus Information
- Your Heart Information
- Your Brain Information
Grade 3
- Why Leaves Change Color Information
- Meet the Camel Information
- Meet the Red-Eyed Tree Frog Information
- Meet the Humpback Whale Information
- Meet the Sea Otter Information
- Meet the Bald Eagle Information
- Meet the Great White Shark Information
- Meet the Beaver Information
- Meet the Arctic Fox Information
- Meet the African Elephant Information
- Meet the Snowy Owl Information
- Meet the Sea Turtle Information
- Meet the Roadrunner Information
- Meet the Honeybee Information
- Meet the Scorpion Information
- Meet the Sloth Information
- Meet the Springbok Information
- Meet the Hedgehog Information
- Meet the American Bison Information
- Mercury: the First Planet Information
- Jupiter: the Fifth Planet Information
- Your Lungs Information
- Your Skin Information
Grade 4
- The Frog That Freezes Information
- How the Polar Bear Survives Information
- How the Emperor Penguin Survives Information
- How the Fennec Fox Survives Information
- How the Monarch Butterfly Survives Information
- How the Giant Panda Survives Information
- How the Koala Survives Information
- How the Hummingbird Survives Information
- How the Komodo Dragon Survives Information
- How the Chameleon Survives Information
- How the Octopus Survives Information
- How the Kangaroo Survives Information
- How the Gorilla Survives Information
- How the Salmon Survives Information
- How the Giraffe Survives Information
- How the Walrus Survives Information
- How the Kiwi Survives Information
- How the Bengal Tiger Survives Information
- How the Moose Survives Information
- How the Platypus Survives Information
- Two Ways to Survive: the Polar Bear and the Emperor Penguin Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Roadrunner and the Scorpion Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Great White Shark and the Octopus Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Giant Panda and the Koala Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Salmon and the Platypus Compare two texts
- Venus: the Second Planet Information
- Saturn: the Sixth Planet Information
- Your Skeleton Information
- Your Digestive System Information
Grade 5
- Where Does Ocean Plastic Come From? Information
- How the Camel Survives Information
- How the Red-Eyed Tree Frog Survives Information
- How the Humpback Whale Survives Information
- How the Sea Otter Survives Information
- How the Bald Eagle Survives Information
- How the Great White Shark Survives Information
- How the Beaver Survives Information
- How the Arctic Fox Survives Information
- How the African Elephant Survives Information
- How the Snowy Owl Survives Information
- How the Sea Turtle Survives Information
- How the Roadrunner Survives Information
- How the Honeybee Survives Information
- How the Scorpion Survives Information
- How the Sloth Survives Information
- How the Springbok Survives Information
- How the Hedgehog Survives Information
- How the American Bison Survives Information
- Two Ways to Survive: the Arctic Fox and the Snowy Owl Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Red-Eyed Tree Frog and the Chameleon Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Monarch Butterfly and the Komodo Dragon Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Hummingbird and the Kiwi Compare two texts
- Marie Curie: a Life in Science Biography
- Jane Goodall: a Life in Science Biography
- Thomas Edison: a Life in Science Biography
- Louis Pasteur: a Life in Science Biography
- Isaac Newton: a Life in Science Biography
- Frederick Banting: a Life in Science Biography
- Fiona Wood: a Life in Science Biography
- Kathleen Lonsdale: a Life in Science Biography
- Earth: the Third Planet Information
- Uranus: the Seventh Planet Information
- Your Muscles Information
- Your Teeth Information
Grade 6
- Built For Survival: the Polar Bear Information
- Built For Survival: the Red-Eyed Tree Frog Information
- Built For Survival: the Monarch Butterfly Information
- Built For Survival: the Bald Eagle Information
- Built For Survival: the Hummingbird Information
- Built For Survival: the Arctic Fox Information
- Built For Survival: the Octopus Information
- Built For Survival: the Sea Turtle Information
- Built For Survival: the Salmon Information
- Built For Survival: the Scorpion Information
- Built For Survival: the Kiwi Information
- Built For Survival: the Hedgehog Information
- Built For Survival: the Platypus Information
- Two Ways to Survive: the Walrus and the Moose Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Gorilla and the Sloth Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the African Elephant and the Kangaroo Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Bengal Tiger and the Hedgehog Compare two texts
- George Washington Carver: a Life in Science Biography
- Alexander Graham Bell: a Life in Science Biography
- Katherine Johnson: a Life in Science Biography
- Mae Jemison: a Life in Science Biography
- Wangari Maathai: a Life in Science Biography
- Ernest Rutherford: a Life in Science Biography
- Kalpana Chawla: a Life in Science Biography
- Mary Anning: a Life in Science Biography
- Allan Cormack: a Life in Science Biography
- Mars: the Fourth Planet Information
- Neptune: the Eighth Planet Information
Grade 7
- Built For Survival: the Camel Information
- Built For Survival: the Fennec Fox Information
- Built For Survival: the Sea Otter Information
- Built For Survival: the Koala Information
- Built For Survival: the Beaver Information
- Built For Survival: the Chameleon Information
- Built For Survival: the Snowy Owl Information
- Built For Survival: the Gorilla Information
- Built For Survival: the Honeybee Information
- Built For Survival: the Walrus Information
- Built For Survival: the Springbok Information
- Built For Survival: the Moose Information
- Two Ways to Survive: the Camel and the Fennec Fox Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Humpback Whale and the Sea Otter Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Honeybee and the Giraffe Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Bald Eagle and the Beaver Compare two texts
- Marie Curie: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Ada Lovelace: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Jane Goodall: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Thomas Edison: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Louis Pasteur: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Isaac Newton: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Srinivasa Ramanujan: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Frederick Banting: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Fiona Wood: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Kathleen Lonsdale: How One Life Changed the World Biography
Grade 8
- Built For Survival: the Emperor Penguin Information
- Built For Survival: the Humpback Whale Information
- Built For Survival: the Giant Panda Information
- Built For Survival: the Great White Shark Information
- Built For Survival: the Komodo Dragon Information
- Built For Survival: the African Elephant Information
- Built For Survival: the Kangaroo Information
- Built For Survival: the Roadrunner Information
- Built For Survival: the Giraffe Information
- Built For Survival: the Sloth Information
- Built For Survival: the Bengal Tiger Information
- Built For Survival: the American Bison Information
- George Washington Carver: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Alexander Graham Bell: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Katherine Johnson: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Mae Jemison: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Wangari Maathai: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Ernest Rutherford: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Kalpana Chawla: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Mary Anning: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Allan Cormack: How One Life Changed the World Biography