Determine the explicit or implied main idea and supporting details of a text.
Explain how supporting details contribute to the main idea, using textual evidence.
Recount or summarize the key ideas from the text.
Arizona Academic Standards:
3.RI.2
Determine the main idea of a text; recount and paraphrase the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.RI.3.2
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE3RI2
Ohio's Learning Standards:
RI.3.2
Tennessee Academic Standards:
3.RI.KID.2
Analyze informational text development.
Determine the main idea of a text.
Retell the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.2.3.a
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
E03.B-K.1.1.2
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea
3rd Grade Reading - Main Idea and Key Details Lesson
Main Idea and Details
Main Idea and Key Details
The main idea of a passage is what the passage is mostly about. The key details in a passage support the main idea. This means they give the reader moreinformation about the main idea.
When you read, try to identify the mainpoints the author is trying to makeāthis is the main idea. Then, try to find the details the author uses to add more information about the main idea.
Read the following passage. Then click the button below to continue.
Dear Mom and Dad,
I know you don't think I should get a kitten, but I think I should. I know I didn't take very good care of my goldfish. I was too young to take care of a pet back then.
Now that I am older, I am ready to do all the work to take care of the kitten. I will feed it. I will clean out its litter box. I will even help pay for its food with my allowance. I hope you will at least think about it.