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Handout
Curated OER

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

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
A reference article for students to learn about how to determine the main idea and supporting details from the text. Click on the Model for an example with explanation and then click on Practice for a practice exercise.
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Handout
Curated OER

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

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Use this example to see if you understand how to pick out the main idea and supporting details to that main idea.
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Handout
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Determine Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Students 2nd - 4th
Read a passage from a story to see how to determine the main idea and supporting details then practice on your own. Click on Model and then Practice.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Is the Main Idea?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
During this lesson 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 Lithgow.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Global Education: Implied Main Idea, Exercise 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Take this five question self-correcting quiz to test your understanding of the implied main idea.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Global Education: Implied Main Idea, Exercise 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Take this five-question self-correcting quiz to test your understanding of the implied main idea.
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Website
Other

Eastport Elementary School: Mrs. Donahue's Site: Identifying the Main Idea

For Students 4th Standards
Information, examples, and practice passages to use while learning how to identify the main idea of an informational text.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Explain the Controlling Idea, Purpose, and Distinguish Details

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn how to pinpoint the controlling idea, which not only identifies the main idea, but also answers questions about the author's goal or...
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PPT
Other

Prezi: Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Learning how to determine what is the main idea and what are the details in a story helps you become a better reader.
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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: Expository Text Structure: Main Idea Mania

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and record the main ideas and supporting details on one of the graphic organizers provided. Materials are included. [PDF]
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Main Idea and Supporting Details 3.5 Ij, 3.6gh

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
A twelve-part learning module with links to images, videos, and a website on identifying the main idea and supporting details within a text.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
An eight-part learning module with links to images, texts, videos, slides, and a quiz on identifying the main idea and supporting details within a text.
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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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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Main Idea and Detail Power Point

For Students 7th
A slide show with eleven slides with information and examples on finding the main idea and supporting details in an informational text.
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PPT
Other

Prezi: Finding the Main Idea in 2nd Grade

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
By watching this slideshow, students will learn how to find the main idea in a paragraph and the supporting details. It uses the analogy of the layers of a hamburger deluxe.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Main Idea

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
A learning module that includes six links to videos, images, and websites that reinforce the reading skill of finding the main idea.
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Article
Other

Palm Beach State College: Supporting Details Tutor Hints

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
A PDF giving notes and examples on major and minor supporting details and showing how they support the main idea of a text.
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Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Main Idea Structure and Valentine's Day Worksheet

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Written exercises related to identifying the main ideas and details are provided on this module. Students will enjoy learning about Valentine's Day in these text structure exercises.
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Main Idea

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach young scholars to identify main ideas through headings and chapter titles, and then to write appropriate titles of their own. Lessons are based on the...
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Interactive
Other

Review Game Zone: Bouncing Balls Main Idea and Details

For Students 4th
An online learning game where students choose the correct main idea and then try to shoot colored balls before they advance. Answer more questions to get more tries to clear the board.
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Activity
Other

Mt. San Antonio College: Finding the Main Idea

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This resource provides practice for students in locating where a main idea sentences is located in an informational paragraph. Guided questions are provided for each practice passage.
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Graphic
Scholastic

Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Main Ideas & Details [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This graphic organizer can be used with students when they read informational text. Students will write the main idea in a central oval and then write four details that support the main idea of this reproducible graphic organizer.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Informational Text: Determine Central Ideas and Supporting Details

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Read a short informational text and determine the main idea and supporting details. Click to check your answers then click on Practice.

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