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Myths
Students complete activities using a software program that allows them to read about myths, magic and monsters, and answer multiple choice questions about main idea, prediction clues, details and sequencing. They participate in a number...
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ESL Lesson Idea: Describing People
Students practice using the proper vocabulary to provide a physical description of a person. They focus on the details that are necessary to give a complete description by participating in a teacher directed guessing game.
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Superheroes
Middle schoolers, in groups, brainstorm what they know about superheroes. They examine their powers and how they became a superhero. They read handouts and answer questions to test for comprehension.
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Round Robin Suspense
Pupils, in groups, write suspense stories. At the end of a timed period, they pass the story to the next student to continue it. At the last writing session, the papers are returned to the originators and they share the stories with the...
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Giving Second Graders the Write Skills
Second graders analyze the steps taken in writing a paragraph in the ten lessons of this unit. Writing for a particular purpose is developed as the conventional grammar skills utilized.
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Like the Back of My Hand
High schoolers describe the back of their hands in detail using creative imagery to describe what they see.
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Effective Storytelling
Students read an article and discuss it for comprehension. They practice storytelling.
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Using Children's Literature to Teach Writing: No, David!
Students review beginning, middle, and end of a story and how details add to a story.
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Finish This Picture
In this recognizing details worksheet, students examine the two pictures and finish the picture of dice on the right with the same details as those in the picture of dice on the left.
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Tell Me All About It!
Students discuss the importance of comprehension and the use of summarization. Through guided practice, they follow three rules in finding and highlighting important information, while crossing out information that is not needed. Using...
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Observation
Students practice observation skills by discussing physical attributes of family artifacts. They determine what characteristics of an object are considered important details.
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Peanut Butter and Details
Students write the directions for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, using a lot of detail, and ask another student to follow the directions exactly and make the sandwich.
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What's in a Tree?
Students discuss the types of items they might find in a tree, such as birds, fruit, or seeds. They draw trees on poster boards and then add details by cutting them out and gluing them to their trees.
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Turn of the Century Snapshot
Pupils examine photos from the students of the 20th Century website. They record characteristics, details, and similarities and differences from their photograph on Inspiration software program.
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Help!
Students read a scene from a given play. They act out the important details of the scene calling out for help from classmates as needed.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Understanding Key Details by Using Pancakes for Breakfast
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will be read Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie DePaola in order to understand and describe people, places, things and events in a text. They will create a book by drawing or...
CPALMS
Cpalms: What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will use What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page to identify the main topic and key details using the illustrations and text. Students will work to...
CPALMS
Cpalms: Giraffes and Zebras Oh My!
[Free Registration/Login Required] For this lesson, students will be able to ask and answer questions about key details in a text. Additionally, students will also be able to identify, compare, and contrast characteristics between two...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Sled Dog Dash Game
Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand children's use of informational text, as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture. Molly and her friend Tooey use a fictional app to access information that will help...
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Text Dependent Questions [Pdf]
Describes a reading strategy where students must respond to text by supporting their ideas with text-based evidence. Lists different categories of questions the teacher can prepare based on the text chosen, with examples for each.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Lilly, the Wild Cat Storybook ccss.ela
This resource provides a children's storybook for the classroom. Lilly, the Wild Cat, is an original work by Michelle Tocci. The story is about a cat who discovers that being a wild cat is not an easy life.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Marvin & Sweetie: Storybook
This resource presents its third children's storybook for the classroom. Marvin and Sweetie, is an original work by Michelle Tocci. The story is about a frog who learns an important life lesson from a friendly bird.
Other
Prezi: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Defines and provides examples of the main idea of a paragraph and also explores the meaning of key details.
Other
Prezi: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Slideshow investigates how to find the main idea and key details of a story.