William & Mary
Inferential Reading Comprehension Considerations Packet
Don't forget to read between the lines! Educators learn tips and activities to help scholars learn to infer to increase reading comprehension. Activities suggested include think alouds, backwards words, and who's who. the packet includes...
EngageNY
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 6
Is a college education necessary for success in today's world? The class investigates the question, along with others at the end of the sixth workshop in a 15-part series. The lesson has four parts with multiple activities and...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Synthesize Ideas and Details in Several Texts (English I Reading)
You will learn how to synthesize ideas and details in texts and support the connections with textual evidence.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Synthesize Ideas and Details in Several Texts (English I Reading)
In this lesson, you will practice making connections between ideas on the same topic. Some of the ideas will differ from each other, so we will learn how to identify and synthesize important details and draw conclusions. W.9-10.7 Research
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Main Ideas and Supporting Ideas
An explanation and examples of main ideas and supporting details.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sl.3.2: Determine the Main Ideas and Supporting Details of a Text
Links to 44 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.2: Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually,...
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Main Ideas & Details [Pdf]
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.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Lessons and Activities on Main Ideas for First Grade
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.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Determine Main Ideas and Supporting Details
See how to pick out the main ideas and supporting details on this site. Click on Model at the bottom right.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Determine Main Ideas and Supporting Details
See an example of how to determine the main ideas and supporting details of a story.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Identifying Topics, Main Ideas, and Supporting Details
A slide show with thirty-nine slides explaining and giving examples of topics, main ideas and supporting details within an informational text.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Identifying Main Ideas & Details
This lesson operates on the Scaffold Instructional of Release model (I do, we do, you do). Students will use the main idea and supporting details to expand understanding of a variety of texts.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Main Idea & Details
This interactive lesson offers clarification and practice in the realm of main ideas and details.
Other
Mrs. Warner's Learning: Main Ideas and Details: What Are They?
Learn about the main idea and the details that support it by viewing the chart.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reading for Main Idea and Supporting Ideas (English Iii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn to find and analyze the main idea and supporting ideas in a variety of texts.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Distinguishing Main Ideas and Supporting Details
This downloadable slideshow focuses on main ideas and supporting details including definitions, identification, and practicing with paragraphs. RI.9-10.2 central idea/summary
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Test
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.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Match
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.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Flashcards
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.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Main Ideas and Supporting Details
Learn how to identify the main ideas and supporting details in an informational text by using a list of guiding questions.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Clouds of Main Ideas
In this lesson for 3rd to 5th grade, after reading a story, student write the main idea on a cloud and clip it to a clothesline or bulletin board, and other learners can write supporting details on raindrops and clip them to the correct...
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Main Idea & Supporting Detail
Ten slides explaining how to identify main ideas and details within a text.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Main Idea Structure and Valentine's Day Worksheet
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.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Points of Informational Text Main Idea and Details
This lesson uses the book Explorers of North America - A True Book by Brendan January to teach students how to identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph informational text and specific paragraphs within the text. Students are guided...