Topic Sentence Practice for Kindergarten: Finding the Main Idea

📚 Topic Summary

A topic sentence tells you what a paragraph is mostly about. It's like the title of a story, but for just one part of the story! Good topic sentences make it easy to understand what you're reading. Usually, the topic sentence is at the beginning of the paragraph. Knowing how to find the topic sentence helps you find the main idea - what the whole paragraph is about!

Think of it like this: the main idea is the big pizza, and the topic sentence is the first slice you take. It gives you a tasty preview of everything else!

🍎 Part A: Vocabulary

Match the words with their meanings!

1. ✏️ Topic Sentence
2. 📖 Paragraph
3. 💡 Main Idea
4. 💬 Detail
5. 📌 Focus

1. A small piece of information.
2. What something is mostly about.
3. A group of sentences about one thing.
4. The subject being discussed or written about.
5. The first sentence that describes the main idea.

✍️ Part B: Fill in the Blanks

Read the paragraph and fill in the missing words from the word bank below:

Word Bank: Topic Sentence, Main Idea, Paragraph, Details, Beginning

A __________ is a group of sentences about one thing. The __________ tells you what the paragraph is about. It is usually at the __________ of the paragraph. The __________ helps you understand the __________.

🤔 Part C: Critical Thinking

Can a paragraph have more than one main idea? Explain your answer. (Hint: Think about what makes a good paragraph!)