Main Idea and Key Details- A Year of Non-Fiction Passages

This is a fun YEAR LONG bundle for teaching main idea or main topic! You'll find texts about different holiday topics- perfect for engaging and grabbing the interest of students!

There are 66 different themes/main topics included in this packet. There are two versions of the worksheet. One page has lines to support beginning writers and the other page has no lines for students who are stronger writers to allow them to write more. These graphic organizers will be helpful to students as they determine the main idea and find the details that support it. The passages are the same on both pages.

I have used these activities in my own first grade classroom. All of the texts are leveled by lexile to be grade level appropriate for first grade, but it could also work well with advanced kindergartners or second graders who are reading below grade level. So this can be used with multiple grade levels in a variety of ways and can be differentiated based on ability or need! All of the reading levels are between 200L - 500L (Which is somewhere between Level D and J).

This works perfectly for literacy centers, as can do activities, independent work, small group, whole group, for early finishers or as remediation for reteaching.

The following "Halloween" subjects are included:

⭐ Pumpkins

⭐ Bats

⭐ Day of the Dead

⭐ Spiders

⭐ Jack-O-Lantern Carving

⭐ Halloween

⭐ Owls

The following "Thanksgiving" subjects are included:

⭐ The First Thanksgiving (Pilgrims and Native Americans)

⭐ Thanksgiving Food

⭐ Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving

⭐ Turkeys

⭐ Thanksgiving Day Parade

⭐ How to Show Thankfulness

⭐ Squanto (Helping the Pilgrims)

The following "Winter" subjects are included:

⭐ How to Build a Snowman

⭐ Reindeer

⭐ Snow/Cold

⭐ Winter Sports

⭐ Arctic Foxes

⭐ Christmas

⭐ Hanukkah

⭐ Kwanzaa

The following "Spring" subjects are included:

⭐ Butterflies

⭐ Rain

⭐ Springtime

⭐ Rabbits

⭐ Chicks

⭐ Rainbows

⭐ Bees

⭐ Plant Parts

⭐ Flowers

⭐ Picnics

The following "Summer" subjects are included:

⭐ Beach

⭐ Sun Protection (sunglasses, sunscreen, etc.)

⭐ Ways to Stay Cool

⭐ Fishing

⭐ Dolphins

⭐ How to Make Lemonade

⭐ Summertime

⭐ Fireflies

⭐ Ocean

⭐ Crabs

The following 24 animals are included:

⭐ otters

⭐ moose

⭐ grizzly bears

⭐ jaguars

⭐ sloth

⭐ sea horses

⭐ toucans

⭐ walrus

⭐ polar bears

⭐ sheep

⭐ frogs

⭐ boa constrictors

⭐ tigers

⭐ lions

⭐ pandas

⭐ monkeys

⭐ giraffes

⭐ flamingos

⭐ penguins

⭐ hedgehogs

⭐ sharks

⭐ crocodiles

⭐ turtles

⭐ koalas

There is an answer key to go with all of the passages. This is the "main idea" and "key details" I had in mind as I wrote it (although I would accept slight variations from my students). It is just a starting point/guide to make it even EASIER for you!

Still have questions??? Check out the preview to see exactly what you will get if you purchase this product!

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