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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Keys to the Main Idea [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text a complete a graphic organizer to identify the main ideas and supporting details. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Compare a Story [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read two narrative texts and complete graphic organizers to compare and contrast the texts. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Character Connections

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to describe a character or compare and contrast two characters from the story. Materials are included. [PDF]
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Activity
Big Learners

Biglearners.com: ccss.ela literacy.l.2.1.f : Second Grade English Language Arts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Here is a collection of our common core aligned worksheets for core standard L.2.1.F. A brief description of the worksheets is on each of the worksheet widgets. Click on the images to view, download, or print them. All worksheets are...
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Lesson Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Compare Two Texts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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.
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Website
CPALMS

Cpalms: lafs.k.ri.1.3

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Points of Informational Text Main Idea and Details

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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...
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: Second Grade

For Teachers 2nd Standards
In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip sheets for teachers and parents on how to help second graders build strong writing skills. You'll also find videos on teaching writing....
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Compare and Contrast [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
This graphic organizer includes a Venn Diagram. Students will then answer a guiding question to synthesize the information on the Venn Diagram.
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Compara Y Contrasta [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Students will compare and contrast information with the aid of this Venn Diagram that has been translated into Spanish. Students will answer a guiding question to help them summarize the content of the diagram.
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Interactive
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Get the Idea

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Learn about and practice finding the main idea in short reading passages.
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Activity
Other

C.a.s.t.l.e. Technology: Student Page: Compare and Contrast

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
A lesson plan requiring students to work in groups to create a modern version of a popular nursery rhyme and then compare and contrast the original version with the one they have created.
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Quia

Quia: 3rd Grade Main Idea

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
This short interactive activity assesses students' ability to identify main idea. Students will read three short passages and identify the main idea of each.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Teaching With Nonfiction: Teach Text Features

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A brief lesson plan, this site offers an example of non-fiction text and a graphic organizer to help orient students to the features they need to use when reading for information.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare and Contrast

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
A brief graphic organizer to help students visualize the similarities and differences in a piece of informational text.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Main Idea

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
A five-part learning module with links to videos and images about finding the main idea of a text.
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Other

Worksheet Plus: Give and Get

For Students 2nd Standards
Read a short literary text called "Give and Get," and then choose the correct answer for comprehension questions at the end of the selection.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Nonfiction Comprehension: Making Personal and Textual Connections

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
This is a lesson plan to help elementary students connect to nonfiction text as they read.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Compare and Contrast Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Compare and Contrast Lesson for 1st Grade Reading in Learning Focused Format.
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Unit Plan
Other

Internet4classrooms:3rd Grade Skills Builder: Main Idea

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
This interactive Language Arts skill-building site provides links to interactive activities that focus on finding the main idea of a reading selection. Online lessons, games and quizzes challenges students understanding of main idea.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Teacher Source: Reading and Language Arts

For Students K - 1st Standards
PBS TeacherSource provides lesson plans and activities for all grade levels in the subject area of reading and language arts.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: 2nd Grade: Unit 2 Reading: Main Idea: Test

For Students 2nd Standards
This interactive assessment features 6 matching and 5 multiple-choice questions over terms relating to the main idea and their definitions. These terms include the following: topic, topic sentence, main idea, detail, supporting details,...
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: 2nd Grade Unit 2 Reading: Main Idea: Flashcards

For Students 2nd Standards
This interactive set of flashcards, helps students learn the terms and definitions associated with the main idea. These terms include the following: topic, topic sentence, main idea, supporting details, summary, summarize, retell,...
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Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Plot 2nd Grade Match

For Students 2nd Standards
Race against the clock to match twenty plot terms with their definitions.