TES Global
Blendspace: Compare Two Texts
This lesson will allow learners to identify similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic. Includes a video on comparing and contrasting, printable charts, activities, and an assessment question.
CPALMS
Cpalms: lafs.k.ri.1.3
Choose from a variety of lesson plans, resources, center activities, and a formative assessment that meets the standard of describing the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Is the Main Idea?
During this instructional activity young scholars begin to identify the main idea of a story they read or hear. Students use graphic organizers to discover the main idea of The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss, and Marsupial Sue, by John...
Starfall
Starfall: Let's Play
This interactive focuses on short sentences that include picture words.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Points of Informational Text Main Idea and Details
This lesson plan uses the book Explorers of North America - A True Book by Brendan January to teach students how to identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph informational text and specific paragraphs within the text. Students are...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Point to Main Idea/point of View in Literature
This lesson uses the story Corduroy by Don Freeman to teach the main idea and supporting details of a story, as well as what we mean by the character's point of view. The lesson is done using print materials and a whiteboard with...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Questioning Text
Creating a product and illustrations make this lesson great for teaching about questioning. Students will ask and answer questions about a text via the assistance of a graphic organizer.
Axelson Academy
Axelson Academy:types of Texts
This professional resource will help teachers understand the different types of texts that early childhood students need to know.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Reading Informational Text: Grades K 1
This learning resource will show teachers how to model how to teach students to describe connections between pieces of information in a text.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Collection
This collection foster students' interest in reading and writing, and encourage positive social skills with this collection of classroom resources from ARTHUR. Aimed at children between the ages of four and eight, these resources feature...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Teaching Tools: 6 Steps to Helping Students Set Strong Reading Goals
This site offers six steps to helping students set strong reading goals. It all starts with inspiring your students to think about who they are as readers.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Guide for Determining Text Complexity
An educator's guide to help determine the level of text complexity.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Get the Idea
In this reading comprehension exercise, young readers will learn to identify main ideas in paragraphs. Includes multiple choice options with hints.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Identify the Main Topic and Key Details
This is a practice exercise to help teach how to find the main topic of a passage by looking at key details. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2
Room Recess
Room Recess: Main Idea Millionaire
Based on the television show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, this activity tests understanding of the main idea by finding the one sentence that does not belong in the paragraph.
Room Recess
Room Recess: Main Idea Storm Cloud
In this self-scoring activity, read the story in the storm cloud then choose the tree that contains the main idea.
Other
Papa Jan: Five Essential Components of Reading
Can you name the five essential components of reading? Check out this informative site from Papa Jan.com to learn more about phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary development and reading comprehension.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare and Contrast
A brief graphic organizer to help students visualize the similarities and differences in a piece of informational text.
TES Global
Blendspace: Main Idea and Supporting Details 3.5 Ij, 3.6gh
A twelve-part learning module with links to images, videos, and a website on identifying the main idea and supporting details within a text.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Retelling the Story
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps to teach students how to retell main events from a story and sequence events.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Graphic Organizer Spider Graphic
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer provides a webbing framework for students to analyze the main idea/theme and supporting details of a reading passage or historical event. A template for students to follow is given.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Main Idea Lesson
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on the determining the main idea and details.
Other
Resource Room: What's the Big Idea?
This exercise can be used to help students develop understanding of main idea and supporting details. Students are given a list of words to analyze, decide the theme and write a common subject that defines the group.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Web Lesson: Get the Idea
Read through a lesson about main ideas and supporting details to understand their importance. Practice choosing the main idea of three nonfiction paragraphs. Features practice activities to enhance learning.