Main Idea and Key Details

Grade 3 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me

Read each passage. Circle the sentence that tells the main idea.

1. Read this first

   Maya at the Piano

   Maya practices the piano every day. She plays for twenty minutes after school. She plays her hardest song on Saturdays. Her teacher says her playing is getting better.

2. 1.
   • Music is fun.
   • Maya practices the piano every day and is getting better.
   • She practices only once a month.
   • She plays her hardest song on Saturdays.

3. The Rainforest

   Rainforests are warm and wet all year. More than half of the world's kinds of plants and animals live there. Tall trees make a green roof high above the ground. Many animals live in the trees.

4. 2.
   • Forests are important.
   • Rainforests are cold and dry.
   • Rainforests are warm, wet places full of life.
   • Many animals live in the trees.

5. Penguins

   Penguins are birds that cannot fly. They use their wings to swim fast in the sea. Their feathers keep them warm and dry. They eat fish and krill.

6. 3.
   • Penguins fly south each winter.
   • Penguins are birds that swim instead of fly.
   • Penguins use their wings to swim fast.
   • Birds live in many places.

7. Busy Honeybees

   Honeybees live together in a hive. Each bee has a job. Some bees gather nectar from flowers. Others feed the baby bees. A few guard the door of the hive.

8. 4.
   • Other bees feed the baby bees.
   • Honeybees in a hive each have a job.
   • Every bee makes its own honey alone.
   • Insects are interesting animals.