Main Idea and Key Details Reading Passages | Nonfiction Gr 2-5 | Print + Google Slides

Teach students to find the main idea, and to tell key details from interesting extras. These 20 original science and nature passages each have a clear main idea, three key supporting details and a few fun facts that are not key details.

What's inside

• 20 nonfiction passages (160–200 words) about bees, octopuses, volcanoes, the Moon, sea turtles, Saturn and more, each with a picture
• Vocabulary word wall with student-friendly definitions on every passage
• Response page for each passage: main idea organizer, 2 multiple-choice and 2 short-answer questions, and a Detail Detective check
• 42 interactive Google Slides: read the passage, drag the 3 key details into the organizer, type the main idea
• Teacher guide, standards table, blank organizer and a complete answer key

Standards: CCSS RI.2.2, RI.3.2, RI.4.2, RI.5.2, RI.2.4–RI.5.4

LOW PREP: print and go, or assign the slides in Google Classroom. Single classroom license.

Designed by a classroom teacher and instructional coach. Illustrations are created with AI tools; all content is written and reviewed for standards alignment and classroom use.