The second easy sheet shifts the focus from the main idea to the supporting details that explain it. Kindergartners trace the words main, about, tells, facts, read, and words, then fill in blanks about how details support a topic, like dogs being the main topic of a dog story. Three true-or-false questions confirm that supporting details add information and that one paragraph can hold more than one helpful detail.
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Main Idea & Supporting Details
Part A: Trace the Words
Trace each word by following the dotted lines.
1. main
2. about
3. tells
4. facts
5. read
6. words
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word on the line.
1. Supporting details help explain the main idea.
2. A story about dogs would have dogs as the main topic.
3. Details in a story are facts that support the main idea.
4. The main idea is usually found at the beginning of a paragraph.
Part C: True or False
Read each sentence. Circle True or False.
1. Supporting details add more information about the main idea.
True False
2. The main idea and supporting details are the same thing.
True False
3. A paragraph can have more than one supporting detail.
True False
Main Idea & Supporting Details
★ Part A: Trace the Words
Trace each word by following the dotted lines.
1) main
2) about
3) tells
4) facts
5) read
6) words
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word on the line.
1) Supporting details help explain the main idea.
2) A story about dogs would have dogs as the main topic.
3) Details in a story are facts that support the main idea.
4) The main idea is usually found at the beginning of a paragraph.
★ Part C: True or False
Read each sentence. Circle True or False.
1) Supporting details add more information about the main idea.
True
False
2) The main idea and supporting details are the same thing.
True
False
3) A paragraph can have more than one supporting detail.
True
False