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Grade 6 Reading Informational — Viewpoint, Evidence & Arguments — Reading Comprehension — Central Idea and Supporting Details Free printable reading comprehension passage about central idea and supporting details. Students read the passage and answer questions to build understanding. For 6th Grade (ages 11–12).
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Central Idea and Supporting Details LITERACY · 6TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. The central idea is the main point an author wants readers to understand, and supporting details are the specific facts, reasons, and examples that develop it. For instance, a passage may state the central idea that exercise keeps the body healthy. Supporting details might include that running strengthens the heart and that stretching keeps muscles flexible. The details give evidence for the central idea. Identifying both helps readers summarize a text and judge whether the claims are well supported. Questions: 1 What is a central idea? 2 What is the central idea in the exercise example? 3 What is one supporting detail given about exercise? littleactivity.com 6th Grade · Literacy
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Central Idea and Supporting Details LITERACY · 6TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. The central idea is the main point an author wants readers to understand, and supporting details are the specific facts, reasons, and examples that develop it. For instance, a passage may state the central idea that exercise keeps the body healthy. Supporting details might include that running strengthens the heart and that stretching keeps muscles flexible. The details give evidence for the central idea. Identifying both helps readers summarize a text and judge whether the claims are well supported. Questions: 1 What is a central idea? 2 What is the central idea in the exercise example? 3 What is one supporting detail given about exercise? littleactivity.com 6th Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Riddles LITERACY · 2ND GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 I have hands but cannot clap. What am I? Hint: Tick tock! Answer: 2 What has a head and a tail but no body? Hint: You flip it. Answer: 3 What gets wetter the more it dries? Hint: You use it after a bath. Answer: 4 A farmer has 5 chickens. All but 3 run away. How many are left? Hint: "All but 3"... Answer: 5 I have legs but never walk. What am I? Hint: You sit at me. Answer: 6 What has an eye but cannot see? Hint: You use it to sew. Answer: littleactivity.com 2nd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Lateral Thinking LITERACY · 2ND GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 A man walks into a bar and asks for water. The bartender pulls out a gun. The man says 'Thank you' and leaves. Why? Hint: He had the hiccups. Answer: 2 A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for 5 minutes. They go out to dinner. How? Hint: She's a photographer. Answer: 3 How can a man go 8 days without sleep? Hint: He sleeps at night. Answer: 4 A truck driver goes the wrong way on a one-way street. He passes a police officer who does nothing. Why? Hint: He's walking. Answer: 5 What breaks but never falls, and falls but never breaks? Hint: Day and night. Answer: 6 A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays 3 days, and leaves on Friday. How? Hint: His horse's name... Answer: littleactivity.com 2nd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Number Riddles LITERACY · 2ND GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 I have hands but cannot clap. What am I? Hint: Tick tock! Answer: 2 What has a head and a tail but no body? Hint: You flip it. Answer: 3 What gets wetter the more it dries? Hint: You use it after a bath. Answer: 4 A farmer has 5 chickens. All but 3 run away. How many are left? Hint: "All but 3"... Answer: 5 I have legs but never walk. What am I? Hint: You sit at me. Answer: 6 What has an eye but cannot see? Hint: You use it to sew. Answer: littleactivity.com 2nd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Riddles LITERACY · 3RD GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 I have hands but cannot clap. What am I? Hint: Tick tock! Answer: 2 What has a head and a tail but no body? Hint: You flip it. Answer: 3 What gets wetter the more it dries? Hint: You use it after a bath. Answer: 4 A farmer has 5 chickens. All but 3 run away. How many are left? Hint: "All but 3"... Answer: 5 I have legs but never walk. What am I? Hint: You sit at me. Answer: 6 What has an eye but cannot see? Hint: You use it to sew. Answer: littleactivity.com 3rd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Lateral Thinking LITERACY · 3RD GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 A man walks into a bar and asks for water. The bartender pulls out a gun. The man says 'Thank you' and leaves. Why? Hint: He had the hiccups. Answer: 2 A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for 5 minutes. They go out to dinner. How? Hint: She's a photographer. Answer: 3 How can a man go 8 days without sleep? Hint: He sleeps at night. Answer: 4 A truck driver goes the wrong way on a one-way street. He passes a police officer who does nothing. Why? Hint: He's walking. Answer: 5 What breaks but never falls, and falls but never breaks? Hint: Day and night. Answer: 6 A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays 3 days, and leaves on Friday. How? Hint: His horse's name... Answer: littleactivity.com 3rd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Number Riddles LITERACY · 3RD GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 I have hands but cannot clap. What am I? Hint: Tick tock! Answer: 2 What has a head and a tail but no body? Hint: You flip it. Answer: 3 What gets wetter the more it dries? Hint: You use it after a bath. Answer: 4 A farmer has 5 chickens. All but 3 run away. How many are left? Hint: "All but 3"... Answer: 5 I have legs but never walk. What am I? Hint: You sit at me. Answer: 6 What has an eye but cannot see? Hint: You use it to sew. Answer: littleactivity.com 3rd Grade · Literacy
