Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Determine the Central Idea: Human Impacts
Students will learn how to identify the central idea of a text about human impacts by examining key details.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Central Idea and Evidence: Sea Turtle Nesting
Students practice finding the central idea and summary of a nonfiction piece about sea turtle nesting.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff: Summary, Note Taking, Main Idea & Details
A to Z Teacher Stuff offers a lesson, submitted by a teacher, using different sized post-it notes to discuss summarizing, note taking, main idea, and details. RI.11-12.2 Central IdeaS/Anal/Summ
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Landmark School Outreach: Finding the Main Idea
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...