Main Idea And Details Worksheet. Get free printable main idea worksheets that reinforce this essential skill with reading passages carefully selected for each grade. The main idea, also called the central idea or main point, is the primary concept of a passage.
The main idea of anything we read is just the main message behind what the author is attempting to do for the reader. Logged in members can use the Super Teacher Worksheets filing cabinet to save their favorite worksheets. Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge.
Details are pieces of information that provided to support These worksheets will help students begin to delineate between a pieces of details and full-fledged main ideas of any passage.
There is also a practice activity at the end of the lesson with five practice problems.
Many students have difficulties identifying main ideas in nonfiction texts. It states the purpose and sets the direction of the section or passage. To download/print, click on pop-out icon or print icon to worksheet to print or download.