Topic Main Idea and Details Lesson Plans & Worksheets

EngageNY

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 6

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards

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...

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William & Mary

Inferential Reading Comprehension Considerations Packet

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

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...

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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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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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Read Works

Read Works: Main Idea 4th Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit on main idea and details through which students use the topic sentence to identify the main idea of a paragraph and categorize details as main idea or supporting. With free login,...

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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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Prezi: Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Students 7th - 8th Standards

Defines and provides examples of the main idea of a paragraph and also explores the meaning of key details.

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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 students to use titles, pictures, and text to identify the main idea of an informational text. Ideas for direct...

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Better Lesson: Points of Informational Text Main Idea and Details

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

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...

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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Synthesize Ideas and Details in Several Texts (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

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

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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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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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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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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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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 students how to use textual details to create a title for informational text. Ideas for...

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Better Lesson: Writing a Topic & Concluding Paragraph for the Essay

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards

This lesson is a final step towards supporting young scholars to practice writing an informative/explanatory paragraph conveying complex ideas and presenting information clearly and accurately. Second-grade students can usually write a...

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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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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Main Idea Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on the determining the main idea and details.

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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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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Is the Main Idea?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

During this activity students 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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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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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Identifying Topics, Main Ideas, and Supporting Details

For Students 8th Standards

A slide show with thirty-nine slides explaining and giving examples of topics, main ideas and supporting details within an informational text.

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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 students to identify main ideas through headings and chapter titles, and then to write appropriate titles of their own. Lessons are based on the books...

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Quizlet

Quizlet: 2nd Grade Unit 2 Reading: Main Idea: Flashcards

For Students 2nd Standards

This interactive set of flashcards, helps students learn the terms and definitions associated with the main idea. These terms include the following: topic, topic sentence, main idea, supporting details, summary, summarize, retell,...

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