Grade 3 Reading Informational Text - Main Idea Curriculum Resources
Explore the skill of identifying main ideas in informational text with our Reading Informational Text - Main Idea curriculum resources designed for young learners. Covering various topics, these resources provide a comprehensive approach to recognizing and understanding the central concepts of informational texts in an engaging and accessible format, improving overall reading comprehension.
Curriculum Resources Results
Koi Fish—What’s the Main Idea?
This informational text on koi fish is a great introduction to teaching main idea. Students will be asked, in multiple c...
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Informational Text —Learn About Dinosaurs
This informational text on dinosaurs with comprehension questions to follow is perfect for teaching main idea. Students ...
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Spider—Main Idea
This informational text on spiders is a great introduction to teaching main idea. Students will be asked, in multiple ch...
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Handy Helpers —Authors Point of View
This informational text on pollinators and decomposers is perfect for teaching point of view. Students will read the tex...
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Informational Text —Elephants Facts
This informational text on elephants with comprehension questions to follow is perfect for teaching main idea. Students ...
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Where Turtles Live
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Why the Great Barrier Reef Matters
This passage highlights the critical importance of the Great Barrier Reef for both nature and humans. It emphasizes the ...
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How Kids Can Help Protect the Great Barrier Reef
This passage focuses on empowering children to take action in protecting the Great Barrier Reef and the environment. It ...
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The Oxygen Cycle
The oxygen cycle illustrates how oxygen moves through the atmosphere, water, and living organisms. Driven by photosynthe...
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Bats in the Night
This informative first-grade reading passage delves into the intriguing world of bats, highlighting their nocturnal natu...
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Desert Bighorn Sheep
The Desert Bighorn Sheep is a remarkable desert animal known for its strength and agility. These sheep have strong legs ...
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Desert Jerboa
The Desert Jerboa is a small rodent that thrives in the desert environment. It has long back legs that enable it to jump...
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What Turtles Eat?
Turtles exhibit a wide range of dietary preferences, reflecting their diverse habitats and evolutionary adaptations. Her...
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Life in the Great Barrier Reef
This passage delves into the rich biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef. It describes the vast array of marine life, in...
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Camel
The Camel is a large desert animal easily recognized by the hump on its back, which stores fat that can be converted to ...
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Turtle Conservation
Turtle conservation has become an increasingly critical issue as many species face numerous threats in both aquatic and ...
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Rattlesnake
The Rattlesnake is a venomous snake that thrives in desert environments. It is easily recognized by the rattle at the en...
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What is the Greenhouse Effect?
This passage introduces the greenhouse effect to children, comparing it to a blanket around Earth. It explains how sunli...
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Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: Simple Tips for Home
This passage focuses on reducing carbon footprints at home by conserving electricity. It suggests practical actions like...
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How Kids Can Help Fight Climate Change?
This passage introduces the concept of 'reduce, reuse, recycle' as a way for children to help fight climate change. It e...
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Can you give an example of a renewable energy source?
This passage focuses on solar energy as an example of renewable energy for children. It explains how solar panels captur...
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What is Weather?
This passage explains weather to children, describing it as the current outdoor conditions. It covers various weather ty...
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Main Idea and Supporting Details in Informational Text
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What Is an Atmospheric Physicist?
This NGSS-aligned middle school science passage introduces students to the role of an atmospheric physicist. It explains...
What Is a Physical Oceanographer?
This NGSS-aligned passage introduces middle school students to physical oceanography—the study of how ocean water moves ...
How Do Trees Affect the Weather?
This NGSS-aligned science reading passage explores how trees affect weather and climate. Students will learn about the r...
How Does Snow Form?
This NGSS-aligned science reading passage explains how snow forms in the atmosphere. Students will learn about the proce...
Why Does the Wind Blow?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains what causes the wind to blow. Students will learn how differences in air temp...
Can Animals Predict the Weather?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explores how animals might sense changes in the environment before storms or natural d...
Why Are Hurricanes Given Names?
This NGSS-aligned science reading passage explains why hurricanes are given names and how this practice improves communi...
How Big Can Raindrops Get?
This NGSS-aligned science reading passage explains how raindrops form in clouds and how big they can grow before breakin...
How Does a Hurricane Form?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains how hurricanes form over warm ocean waters. Students will learn about key con...
What Causes Thunderstorms?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains how thunderstorms form from warm, moist air rising into the atmosphere. Stude...
Why Do Clouds Turn Grey?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains why clouds appear grey when they become dense with water droplets and block s...
Why Are Clouds White?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains why clouds appear white to our eyes. Students learn how sunlight, which is ma...
What Are Clouds Made Of?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains what clouds are made of and how they form in the atmosphere. Students learn t...
What Are Nimbostratus Clouds Made Of?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains what nimbostratus clouds are made of and how they form. Students will learn t...
Measuring Hurricane Intensity – The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
This NGSS-aligned science reading passage explains how the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is used to measure the in...
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What Is an Anthropogenic Pollutant?
This NGSS-aligned science passage explains what an anthropogenic pollutant is and how it affects Earth’s air, water, and...
Understanding Anthropogenic Climate Change
This NGSS-aligned science passage explains anthropogenic climate change in a way that’s accessible for middle school stu...
Why Are Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases Important?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains the importance of anthropogenic greenhouse gases and their role in climate ch...
What Are Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs)?
This NGSS-aligned middle school science passage explains Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) and how they help ...
What Are Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage introduces middle school students to Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs). SSPs are sc...
What Does It Mean to Be Carbon Neutral?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains the conce
What Is Sea Level Rise and Why Does It Matter?
This passage explains sea level rise and why it’s an important part of climate science. Students learn how global warmin...
What Causes the Sea Level to Rise?
This NGSS-aligned middle school passage explains the major causes of sea level rise, including melting glaciers and ther...
What Is the IPCC and What Does It Do?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage introduces middle school students to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IP...
What Is a Climatologist?
This reading passage introduces students to the role of a climatologist, a scientist who studies long-term climate patte...
What Is Storm Surge and Why Is It So Dangerous?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage introduces middle school students to the concept of storm surge, a major hazard caused...
How Do Hurricanes Form?
This NGSS-aligned science passage helps students understand how hurricanes form and why they are so powerful. It describ...
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