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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Main Idea Kindergarten Unit: What the Book Is Mainly About

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Amazing Tigers! by Sarah L. Thomson and Ladybugs by Monica Hughes to teach learners to use titles, pictures, and text to identify the main idea of an informational text. Ideas for direct...
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ProProfs

Pro profs.com: 8th Grade Main Idea Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
An interactive quiz with four short passages and thirteen multiple choice and extended response questions focusing on main ideas and supporting details. Students can access all passages and questions without an account, but a free...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Main Idea, Main Idea Test

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Terms associated with main idea are included on this assessment. This test assesses the following text feature terms: central idea, main idea, details, supporting details, summarizing, interesting detail, conclusion, topic, subject, and...
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Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Main Idea, Main Idea Match

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Terms related to main idea are included in this review "Match" game. Questions are provided for the following words: central idea, main idea, conclusion, infer, inferences, interesting detail, subject, summarizing, and supporting detail....
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Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Main Idea and Details 2nd Grade Match

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Identifying the main idea is the task for this "Match" game. Students will read a series of details and match the main idea that "matches" the list of supporting details.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Ccisd 4th Grade Main Idea Test

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Reading comprehension terms (nonfiction) are included on this test. This test assesses the following words: topic, main idea, supporting details, summarizing, conclusion, point of view, author's perspective, author's purpose, details,...
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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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Handout
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Determine Main Idea and Supporting Details: Model

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
An example to guide students in choosing the main idea and supporting details. Click Practice for a practice quiz.
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Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Ccisd 4th Grade Main Idea Match

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Reading comprehension terms (nonfiction) are included in this review "Match" game. Questions are provided for the following words: main idea, summarizing, point of view, summarizing, topic, support, conclusion, details, author's purpose,...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Main Idea 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students learn to use titles and supporting details in both fiction and non-fiction texts in order to identify the main idea of the book in this three-lesson unit. The lessons utilize the books Animal...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Main Idea and Details Cloud

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Students practice distinguishing between relevant and irrelevant ideas by identifying relevant details in a video segment about a wild horse roundup. Students watch the video, read the transcript, and identify details they believe are...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Supporting Ideas Quick Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Supporting Ideas Questions: These questions ask you to identify the supporting ideas and specific details mentioned in a passage. What does the passage say? Perhaps the most basic task of the Praxis Core Reading Test is recognizing...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Point to Main Idea/point of View in Literature

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Main Idea 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit teaching students to use the first and last sentence to identify the main idea of a paragraph and the first and last sentence in each paragraph to identify the main idea of a...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Curriculum Associates: Determining Theme or Central Idea [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
In this reading comprehension lesson unit, students are guided in learning how to find the main theme or idea of a text and understanding how details in the text convey that. Includes lots of exercises and examples, as well as...
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
A slide show with seventeen slides teaching about main ideas and supporting details within a text.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Main Idea & Supporting Detail

For Students 7th Standards
Ten slides explaining how to identify main ideas and details within a text.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Main Ideas and Supporting Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation and examples of main ideas and supporting details.
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Main Idea Kindergarten Unit: Using Details to Create a Title

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Amazing Gorillas! by Sarah L. Thomson and In the Wild: Leopards by Stephanie St. Pierreto to teach young scholars how to use textual details to create a title for informational text. Ideas...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Supporting Details

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A six-slide presentation explaining the importance of using supporting details and describing different types of details that can be used to support an idea.
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Website
Other

Mt. San Antonio College: Finding the Main Idea

For Students 4th - 6th
Learn about the main idea and get tips on how to find it. After practicing with several short texts, learn how to answer different types of questions about main idea and practice each type.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Main Idea & Details

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This interactive lesson offers clarification and practice in the realm of main ideas and details.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Main Idea and Details

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
The interactive lesson is a review of main idea and supporting details.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Main Idea, Main Idea Flashcards

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Terms related to main idea are included in this review exercise. Interactive vocabulary flashcards are provided for the following words: main idea, central idea, interesting detail, subject, topic, support, supporting detail, theme, and...

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