Finding Key Ideas and Details
A Grade 4 worksheet to help students identify key ideas and supporting details in a given text.
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Read the passage carefully. Then, answer the questions by identifying the key idea and supporting details.
The Amazing Journey of Monarch Butterflies
Every autumn, millions of monarch butterflies begin an incredible journey. They fly thousands of miles from cooler northern places, like Canada and the United States, all the way to warmer climates in Mexico and California. This long trip is called migration. Monarchs cannot survive the cold winter, so they must fly south to find food and warmth. They often fly in large groups, sometimes covering the sky in a beautiful orange and black cloud. Along the way, they stop to rest and drink nectar from flowers. It takes several generations of butterflies to complete the entire migration, with each generation continuing the journey until they reach their destination. It's a truly amazing natural wonder!
1. What is the key idea of the passage?
2. Complete the sentences with details from the passage:
a. Monarch butterflies migrate from to .
b. They migrate because they cannot survive the .
c. On their journey, they stop to rest and drink from flowers.
3. Which of the following is a supporting detail from the passage?
Monarchs are green and yellow.
They fly thousands of miles to warmer places.
Monarchs build nests in trees.
They eat leaves all winter.
4. Read each statement and circle True or False.
a. It takes only one generation of monarch butterflies to complete the migration.
True
False
b. Monarch butterflies migrate to find cooler climates.
True
False
5. Explain in your own words why the monarch butterfly migration is considered an 'amazing natural wonder.'