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Reading Skill: Main Idea and Key Details                                                                                                            Every story has a main idea. The main
                                                                                                                                                          idea is what the story is mostly about.
                                                                                                                                                          We can understand the purpose of the
                                                                                                                                                          story by knowing the main idea. The
                                                                                                                                                          key details are the most important facts
                                                                                                                                                          in the story.

      Write the correct words to complete the main idea and the key details.




                                                         The little ___________________ are sad because they
                    Main Idea
                                                         cannot see the sun.






                             Detail 1                                                   Detail 2                                                   Detail 3





                                                                        Susie the sunflower                                        The forest becomes
             The little plants ask                                      asks the                                                   brighter, so the little


             the __________________                                     __________________ to                                      plants are


             to move over.

                                                                        help the little plants.                                    __________________.






                                         sun             happy             plants             tree





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