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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Main Idea and Details Cloud

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards

Students practice distinguishing between relevant and irrelevant ideas by identifying relevant details in a video segment about a wild horse roundup. Students watch the video, read the transcript, and identify details they believe are...

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Quizlet

Quizlet: Main Idea and Details 2nd Grade Match

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards

Identifying the main idea is the task for this "Match" game. Students will read a series of details and match the main idea that "matches" the list of supporting details.

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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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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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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Main Idea & Supporting Detail

For Students 7th Standards

Ten slides explaining how to identify main ideas and details within a text.

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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Main Idea Structure and Valentine's Day Worksheet

For Students 6th - 9th Standards

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.

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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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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

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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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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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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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Point to Main Idea/point of View in Literature

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

This lesson uses the story Corduroy by Don Freeman to teach the main idea and supporting details of a story, as well as what we mean by the character's point of view. The lesson is done using print materials and a whiteboard with...

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Read Works

Read Works: Main Idea 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit teaching students to use the first and last sentence to identify the main idea of a paragraph and the first and last sentence in each paragraph to identify the main idea of a...

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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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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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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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Quia

Quia: 3rd Grade Main Idea

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards

This short interactive activity assesses students' ability to identify main idea. Students will read three short passages and identify the main idea of each.

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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Is the Main Idea?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

During this lesson 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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Other

Eastport Elementary School: Mrs. Donahue's Site: Identifying the Main Idea

For Students 4th Standards

Information, examples, and practice passages to use while learning how to identify the main idea of an informational text.

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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Explain the Controlling Idea, Purpose, and Distinguish Details

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn how to pinpoint the controlling idea, which not only identifies the main idea, but also answers questions about the author's goal or...

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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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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Main Idea Mania

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a text and record the main ideas and supporting details on one of the graphic organizers provided. Materials are included. [PDF]

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TES Global

Blendspace: Main Idea and Supporting Details 3.5 Ij, 3.6gh

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards

A twelve-part learning module with links to images, videos, and a website on identifying the main idea and supporting details within a text.

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TES Global

Blendspace: Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards

An eight-part learning module with links to images, texts, videos, slides, and a quiz on identifying the main idea and supporting details within a text.

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