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Star it Chart
In this main idea worksheet, students fill out a star graphic organizer about the main idea, movement, location, place, and more for a subject. Students complete 6 spaces.
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What's the Main Idea?
Students explore poetry. In this main idea in poetry lesson, students read poems from Words with Wings, thenidentify the main idea and complete a "Main Idea Mania" worksheet.
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What are the Main Ideas?
Prior to beginning Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks, model for your class members how to determine the main idea of a text. Exercepts from another story are provided to use for the demonstration. The focus then shifts to Rosa...
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Using Chapter Titles to Determine the Main Idea
Second graders listen to the passage titled Pumpkin Picking and identify the main idea based on the title. In this main idea lesson plan, 2nd graders discuss how the title of a book or chapter sets the tone for the reading.
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First and Last Sentences
Third graders discover how to read sentences in a paragraph and know the main idea. In this main idea lesson, 3rd graders read paragraphs, underline the first and last sentences and determine the main idea. Students do guided and...
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Topic Sentence
Fourth graders identify the main idea of a sentence using the topic sentence and details of the paragraph. In this main idea lesson plan, 4th graders read paragraphs in the passage Hawaii Quakes, Then Shakes.
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What the Book is Mainly About
Students analyze the title, text, and pictures to determine the main idea. In this language arts lesson, students predict the main idea by looking at various features of the book. As students listen to the story, they illustrate and...
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Creating a Chapter Title
Second graders identify the main idea of a selection of text. For this creating a chapter title lesson, 2nd graders discuss how to find the main idea of a chapter, listen to a chapter read aloud, and create a title with explanation.
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My Family and Other Animals: Larry's Idea
In this my family and other animals: Larry's Idea worksheet, student answer 22 questions about the story, Larry's Idea, match characters, put events in order, and rewrite sentences.
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The Colourful World of Calum McCall: Pre-reading Activities
In this colors pre-reading activities worksheet, 8th graders match colors with descriptive meanings, answer 4 comprehension questions and match 8 vocabulary words.
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Nonviolent Conflict Resolutions with Cesar Chavez
Third graders investigate nonviolent conflict resolution strategies. In this interpersonal communication instructional activity, 3rd graders explore conflict resolution. Students construct a newspaper/magazine article detailing...
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Identifying Main Idea
Learners locate the main idea in a nonfiction text. In this language arts activity, students participate in a think aloud to locate the main idea of the story. Additionally, learners respond to a text and locate the main idea and...
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The Beautiful Moon: Story and Comprehension
In this beautiful moon: story and comprehension instructional activity, 3rd graders read a one passage about moon facts, then answer 5 multiple choice questions, with answer key provided.
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Describing Our Senator
Third graders find the narrator or speaker in a story. In this story elements lesson, 3rd graders listen to the story My Senator and Me and answer comprehension questions. They complete a descriptive writing piece from different...
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Critical Reading Skills Worksheet
In this critical thinking worksheet, students fill out a graphic organizer about a story they read including predicting, main idea, values, and more. Students complete 5 sections in the graphic organizer.
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Main Idea
In this main idea worksheet, students complete the sentences by choosing the best main idea based on the pictures given. Students complete 8 problems.
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English Exercises: Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, 3rd graders interactively match 6 words with pictures, read a story and answer 28 comprehension questions about the story, with immediate online feedback.
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English Exercises: Kindergarten Songs
For this English exercises: kindergarten songs worksheet, students watch 2 musical videos, then interactively select the correct answer for 16 questions about the songs, with immediate online feedback.
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Comprehension: The Bouncing Ball
For this comprehension: the bounding ball worksheet, student color the picture, read the sentence, answer 3 multiple choice questions about the story, trace and write the word ball.
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Main Idea, Problem, Solution
In this main idea, problem, and solution worksheet, students fill out graphic organizers for a main idea, problem, and solution in a story. Students can fill out all 5 graphic organizers.
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A Birthday Mystery: comprehension skills
In this comprehension skills instructional activity, students read the book A Birthday Mystery and complete comprehension activities. Students complete activities such as main idea, opinions, details, and drawing conclusions.
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Watching in the Wild: comprehension skills
In this Comprehension skills worksheet, learners read the book Watching in the Wild and complete comprehension activities. Students complete 3 main idea and details sheets, summarizing, and author's purpose.
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Comprehension Quiz #1
In this comprehension quiz #1 worksheet, students interactively complete 8 sentences based on the story given with immediate online feedback.
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Context Helps: The Wild Foundation
In this Context Helps: The Wild Foundation worksheet, students read 7 words in context and write their own sentences, read a 2 1/2 page article about The Wild Foundation, use a graphic organizer to record the details, and rewrite...