Buzzing for Details

This engaging nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet helps students in Grades 4-6 strengthen their ability to identify main ideas, evaluate supporting details, and analyze informational text structure. Using a passage about bees, learners read closely, compare multiple possible main ideas, and match supporting details to the idea they best support, building precision in evidence-based reasoning and critical reading.

Skills Reinforced

• Main Idea Identification (Grades 4-6) – Determine the most accurate central idea in an informational passage.
• Supporting Details & Evidence – Match details to the main idea they logically support.
• Informational Text Structure – Understand how authors organize facts to develop a central message.
• Critical Reading & Reasoning – Evaluate evidence and justify why details connect to specific ideas.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to align with upper elementary ELA standards.
• Interactive Matching Format – Encourages active engagement and careful comparison of ideas.
• Close Reading Practice – Promotes thoughtful analysis rather than surface-level recall.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for independent work, small groups, literacy centers, or assessment.

This printable worksheet helps students deepen nonfiction comprehension by practicing how to connect evidence to central ideas. By analyzing multiple possible main ideas and selecting the strongest supporting details, learners build confidence in critical reading, reasoning, and text analysis. Suitable for classroom instruction or homeschool use, this no-prep activity provides meaningful practice in understanding how informational texts are built and how evidence supports an author’s message.

This worksheet is part of our Central Ideas of Text collection.