Main Idea Graphic Organisers
- Year groups
- Years 3–6 (Key Stage 2)
- File type
- Multiple File Types
- Subject
- Reading Comprehension, Reading, English
- Topic
- Main Idea, Supporting Details
- Resource types
- Graphic Organizers
From the author
About this resource
This is a set of 5 different graphic organisers that would work well for outlining the main idea and supporting details of any text read.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Identify the main idea of a text after reading and highlighting its supporting details.
Select and record six supporting details that support a text's main idea.
Teaching tips
Pair the organiser with a short story or article the class is currently reading, since the template itself contains no text of its own.
Use the DOCX version if you want to type a shared class example on-screen before students complete their own copy.
Since all five pages are identical, print only as many copies as you need per student rather than the full five-page set for every student.
Skills covered
Main idea identification — students determine a text's central idea after reading and highlighting supporting details.
Supporting detail selection — students choose specific details from a text that support the identified main idea.
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Resource details
Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
Main idea
Supporting details
Reading comprehension
Topics