Grade 3 · Reading · Lesson 9

Identify Main Idea and Supporting Details

Every paragraph has one central message — the main idea. All the other sentences add facts, examples, or reasons to support it. Learning to spot the main idea helps you understand what you read much faster.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify the main idea of a paragraph or passage
2Distinguish supporting details from the main idea
3Explain how details support and develop the main idea

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