Finding The Main Idea Worksheets. In order to understand and express the main idea of a passage, the reader must not only comprehend the text but also make connections within the content and find overarching ideas. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.

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These summarising worksheets and text passages help to teach children to separate the main idea/s from the supporting detail.
You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. When you see facts or data you can be sure that a central thought is. To download/print, click on pop-out icon or print icon to worksheet to print or download.