English /Reading /Reading Strategies /Main Idea

Browse our collection of summarising worksheets and text passages aimed at supporting readers to evaluate information and separate the main idea/s from the supporting detail. These resources also include a number of the graphic organisers that are designed to help students summarise a given text. Watch our Main Idea Video.

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Early Years Reading Strategy Posters

Reading strategy posters for the early years: creating images, inferring, summarising, connections, prior knowledge & questioning.

Reading Strategy Poster Set

Middle and upper years reading strategy posters: creating images, inferring, summarising, connections, prior knowledge & questioning.

Main Idea: No Play

Read the text. Work out the main idea and the supporting details.

Main Idea: Bike Ride Poem

Read the poem. Work out the main idea and the supporting details.

Main Idea: That’s Life

Read the text. Work out the main idea and the supporting details.

Main Idea: Theme Park (1)

A reading passage for the early years. Read the text and work out the main idea and the supporting details.

Main Idea: Theme Park (2)

A reading passage for the upper years. Read the text and work out the main idea and the supporting details

Main Idea: Super Threads

Read the text. Work out the main idea and the supporting details.

Main Idea: The Rescue

Read the text. Work out the main idea and the supporting details.

Main Idea: Jungle Paradise

Read the text. Work out the main idea and the supporting details.

Main Idea: An Interview

Read the text. Work out the main idea and the supporting details.

Main Idea: The Concert

Read the text. Work out the main idea and the supporting details.