1st Grade · Reading & Writing
Find the Main Idea
Free printable 1st Grade reading & writing worksheet: Find the Main Idea. It lines up with Common Core RI.1.2. For ages 6-7. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 1st Grade
- Subject
- Reading & Writing
- Ages
- 6–7
- Standard
- RI.1.2
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Find the Main Idea” is sheet 9 of 30 in our free 1st Grade Reading & Writing Worksheets collection, written for children aged 6–7.
In the set it comes after “All About Owls” and before “Capital Letters and End Marks”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RI.1.2 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 1
Reading: Informational Text · Key ideas and details
Children work on finding the central message or main idea and retelling or summarizing what was read.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Do "The Magic of Silent E" with a pencil in hand: have your child write the word without the e, read it, then add the e and read it again. Hearing the vowel change themselves is what makes the rule stick.
- 2
Read each passage twice. Once for the story, once for the questions. Almost every first-grade comprehension error comes from answering after a single read.
- 3
Do not skip the non-fiction passage. Informational text is roughly half of what is assessed from first grade onward and is the kind children get least practice with at home.
- 4
For "Capital Letters and End Marks", use your child's own writing as the follow-up exercise. Correcting their sentence teaches more than correcting a stranger's.
