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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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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Changing America

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Main Idea [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and then read it again highlighting the key words and phrases that are important for understanding the text. Materials are included.
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Handout
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: How Reasons Support Key Points

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Get an example of how to identify an author's main idea in a text on this site. Also, learn how to recognize supporting ideas to main ideas presented in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Deploying Supporting Materials

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on supporting materials including types of supporting materials and how to effectively incorporate them into your presentation. W.9-10.2b Strong Support, W.11-12.2b Topic/support/aud
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Topic & Main Idea

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Recognizing the main idea is the key to good comprehension. The main idea is a general idea under which fits all the supporting material of the passage or paragraph. Learn and use three strategies that...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Main Idea 5th Grade

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews main idea strategies.
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Website
ACT360 Media

Writing Den: Supporting Details

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
A short explanation and example of supporting sentences, what they do, and how to write them.
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Lesson Plan
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Lessons and Activities on Main Ideas for First Grade

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
This site offers links to several lesson plans for teaching main ideas to first and second graders; it also provides and explains some activities for teaching the main idea to first graders.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Main Idea/supporting Details

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a conjunctions quiz using coordinating conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Distinguishing Main Ideas and Supporting Details

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This downloadable slideshow focuses on main ideas and supporting details including definitions, identification, and practicing with paragraphs. RI.9-10.2 central idea/summary
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
This slideshow focuses on the main idea and supporting details including definitions and examples. A more comprehensive slideshow follows the first.
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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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Professional Doc
Other

Landmark School Outreach: Finding the Main Idea

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This reading strategy resource provides steps for identifying the main idea of an informational text. Example informational text paragraphs are provided, along with detailed explanations for the processes used in identifying the main...
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TES Global

Blendspace: Main Idea Activities

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

Scholastic: Guidelines for Determining an Author's Main Idea

For Students 7th Standards
Follow the steps in this printable PDF to identify the main topic and key details of an informational text.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Critical Reading: Supporting Claims

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on supporting claims including the distinction between main ideas and supporting details, relationship between purpose and supporting details, sufficient and related support, and support and...
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Assessment
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Test

For Students 4th Standards
This interactive assessment features 9 matching questions and eight multiple-choice questions over 17 terms having to do with main ideas and supporting details including types of writing and the writing process with their definitions.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Match

For Students 4th Standards
In this interactive game, students match 17 terms having to do with main ideas and supporting details including types of writing and the writing process with their definitions.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Flashcards

For Students 4th Standards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on 17 terms having to do with main ideas and supporting details including types of writing and the writing process.
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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: Match

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this interactive learning game, students match terms relating to the main idea with their definitions. These terms include the following: topic, topic sentence, main idea, detail, supporting details, summary, summarize, retell, infer,...
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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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