Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Main Idea and Details 2nd Grade Flashcards

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Flashcards with main idea statements are available on this site. Students will read a series of details. Then students will read the main idea after each set of details.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Global Education: Implied Main Idea, Exercise 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Take this five question self-correcting quiz to test your understanding of the implied main idea.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Global Education: Implied Main Idea, Exercise 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Take this five-question self-correcting quiz to test your understanding of the implied main idea.
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Quizlet

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

For Students 2nd Standards
This interactive assessment features 6 matching and 5 multiple-choice questions over terms relating to the main idea and their definitions. These terms include the following: topic, topic sentence, main idea, detail, supporting details,...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: 3rd Grade: Unit 3 Reading: Main Idea: Test

For Students 3rd Standards
This interactive assessment features 4 multiple-choice and 3 true/false questions relating to the main idea and their definitions. These terms include the following: main idea, details, summarize, data, connecting, explicit facts, and...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: 3rd Grade: Unit 3 Reading: Main Idea: Test

For Students 3rd Standards
This interactive assessment features 7 multiple-choice questions over terms relating to the main idea and their definitions. These terms include the following: main idea, details, summarize, data, connecting, explicit facts, and...
Interactive
Room Recess

Room Recess: Main Idea Millionaire

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Based on the television show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, this activity tests understanding of the main idea by finding the one sentence that does not belong in the paragraph.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Types of Details: Test

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This interactive quiz features six multiple-choice questions about types of details and their definitions.
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Quia

Quia: Crct Practice: Main Idea

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
An interactive quiz with seven multiple choice questions over four short reading passages. Questions focus on identifying the main ideas and supporting details and choosing an appropriate summary. When finished, students can submit...
Assessment
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Test

For Students 4th Standards
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.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Main Point Quick Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The first question in most Reading Comprehension sets will ask you to identify the statement that best expresses the central idea or the main point that the passage as a whole is designed to convey.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Supporting Ideas Quick Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Supporting Ideas Questions: These questions ask you to identify the supporting ideas and specific details mentioned in a passage. What does the passage say? Perhaps the most basic task of the Praxis Core Reading Test is recognizing...
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Semantic Feature Analysis

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section on semantic features helps students recognize supporting details as they read.
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Selective Underlining

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section focuses on identifying main ideas and significant details by selectively underlining them in a text.
Website
ACT360 Media

Writing Den: Supporting Details

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
A short explanation and example of supporting sentences, what they do, and how to write them.
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University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Selective Underlining Worksheet (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Printable PDF file of a Selective Underlining Worksheet. Learners underline the main idea and supporting details in three paragraphs. It is provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade.
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Quia

Quia: Reading for Facts

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
This interactive quiz assesses students' reading comprehension skills of informational text passages. Students will read 30 short passages and answer question about a detail for each.
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Teaching Strategies (Reading) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict...