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