Year 3 · English · Reading · Free Printable

Main Idea and Key Details

Help Year 3 students identify the main idea of a text and locate key supporting details.

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Learning Intention

Students will identify the main idea of a text and find key details that support it.

Australian Curriculum

AC9E3LY05

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts.

Teacher Notes

Teach the difference between the main idea (what the text is mostly about) and supporting details (facts that explain the main idea).

Skills Practised

  • Finding the main idea
  • Locating key details
  • Summarising
  • Reading comprehension