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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Ccisd 4th Grade Main Idea Flashcards

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Reading strategy terms (nonfiction) are included in this review exercise. Flashcards are provided for the following words: topic, main idea, supporting details, summarizing, conclusion, point of view, author's perspective, author's...
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Personal Storytelling With Accordion Books [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students use the structure of an accordion book to identify parts of an essay: introduction, three supporting details, and conclusion. They then compose a personal story using events from the past school year and plan the...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 3.1: Expository Essay

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to write an expository essay by providing evidence that supports a thesis, articulating concepts and information correctly and concisely, understanding the...
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Answer Know How [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students sort questions into one of four types: On My Own, Author and Me, Right There, and Think and Search. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Matter of Fact or Opinion [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to write facts and opinions on different word cards. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Character Consideration

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which young scholars read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to analyze a character. Materials are included. [PDF]
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Puzzled Over Paragraphs?

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Here is an excellent list of ideas for teachers to utilize in their classroom to accompany paragraph writing skills. These creative and exciting activities will sharpen your student's writing abilities.
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Stand Tall: Using Evidence to Support Your Answers

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This learning module has a series of screencast videos and practice exercises designed to teach students how to support their answers with details from the text.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Narrative Paragraphs

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Young scholars learn to use a one-main idea Think-sheet for producing a narrative paragraph. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Writing to Determine, "What Is a Pulgar?"

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This lesson plan is a writing follow-up to the guided reading lesson plan, "What is a Pulgar?" It utilizes a Makes Sense Strategies Think-sheet to guide the writing.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Expository Essay: State Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
After researching a place/event of interest in Alabama, students write a five-paragraph essay. Students include maps and written directions to the location, describe activities and/or events associated with this location, include in this...
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Handout
Other

Sanchezclass.com: Four Types of Writing

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Definitions of the four types of writing: narrative, expository, persuasive, and descriptive.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Metaphor Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Read five short paragraphs and choose the main idea of each. Check the answers when finished to see how many were right.
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Handout
Other

Hickman Community Charter District: Informative Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Sample topics in informative writing for K-3rd grades and 4th-8th grades. CSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.2. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
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Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Main Ideas and Supporting Details

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Learn how to identify the main ideas and supporting details in an informational text by using a list of guiding questions.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: What Is the Main Idea and Supporting Details?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A learning module with thirty links to texts, slide shows, videos, and images that teach about finding the main idea and supporting details in a written passage.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Paragraph Structure

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson was designed to help students to analyze how individual paragraphs are structured in writing.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Paragraphs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will write simple, non-chronological reports from known information (e.g., from own experience or from existing text), using notes made to organize and present ideas. Students will learn to...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Paragraphs 3

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart analyzes how individual paragraphs are structured in writing, examining comments sequenced to follow the shifting thoughts of a character. There are examples listed to justify a point and...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: What a Character

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses ways that authors reveal character traits. Students learn to find examples in the literature to demonstrate that character traits. A sample assessment, graphic organizer and web...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Writing Showing Feelings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This elementary flipchart shows how writers express feelings. Instead of telling the reader, they show the reader through descriptive writing.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Writing a Report or Essay

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is intended for grades 3-5 and outlines the steps in writing a report or essay.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Paragraphs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will begin to organize stories into paragraphs, and use paragraphs in presentation of dialogue in stories. Reviews what a paragraph is and uses Humpty Dumpty as an example.
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PPT
Other

Prezi: Prove It! (Using Textual Evidence)

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Slideshow explains textual evidence and how to use the I.C.E. method when citing it.