Main Idea and Supporting Details A Storm in Town

"A Storm in a Town" is a short story for elementary school students that can help them boost their main idea skills and confidence when approaching multiple choice questions. Students will read the four-sentence story and then answer one question and support their answer with two details of their choice. The appropriate selection of evidence is an important part of their skills across disciplines, so be sure to integrate this main idea resource into your next classroom lesson at the start or at the end of the day. In addition to supporting reading skills, this short story exercise can aid vocabulary development with words like "howl" and the phrase "boarded up." Enjoy this downloadable main idea worksheet today with your elementary school learners. Check out all of our resources to teach about the main idea.