Main Topic and Key Details is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on matching a key detail to the main topic it tells about, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Write the letter of the main topic next to each detail.
It falls from clouds and fills puddles.
They spin webs to catch flies.
They have big wheels and carry lots of people.
They have fins and breathe through gills.
A.Buses
B.Spiders
C.Fish
D.Rain
2.Write the letter of the main topic next to each detail.
They grow from seeds and have bright petals.
They hang upside down to sleep.
They use their long trunks to drink.
They grow down into the soil and hold the plant still.
A.Elephants
B.Flowers
C.Bats
D.Roots
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Answer key — Main Topic and Key Details
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. It falls from clouds and fills puddles. — D (Rain) 2. They spin webs to catch flies. — B (Spiders) 3. They have big wheels and carry lots of people. — A (Buses) 4. They have fins and breathe through gills. — C (Fish)
2.1. They grow from seeds and have bright petals. — B (Flowers) 2. They hang upside down to sleep. — C (Bats) 3. They use their long trunks to drink. — A (Elephants) 4. They grow down into the soil and hold the plant still. — D (Roots)
Questions about Main Topic and Key Details
What does the Main Topic and Key Details worksheet cover?
It practices matching a key detail to the main topic it tells about — 2 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core RI.1.2: Say what the text is mostly about and give the key facts. The instruction to students is “Write the letter of the match next to each one”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Main Topic and Key Details practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.2 — RI.1.2, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Main Topic and Key Details is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on RI.1.2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Main Topic and Key Details come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Main Topic and Key Details can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Main Topic and Key Details free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Main Topic and Key Details, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RI.1.2?
Yes — “Main Topic and Key Details” is a 40-minute Grade 1 plan for RI.1.2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Main Topic and Key Details is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RI.1.2
Say what the text is mostly about and give the key facts.
Teaching this next? Main Topic and Key Details is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.