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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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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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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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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
A slide show with seventeen slides teaching about main ideas and supporting details within a text.
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Other

Mrs. Warner's Learning: Main Ideas and Details: What Are They?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Learn about the main idea and the details that support it by viewing the chart.
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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Distinguishing Main Ideas and Supporting Details

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This downloadable slideshow focuses on main ideas and supporting details including definitions, identification, and practicing with paragraphs. RI.9-10.2 central idea/summary
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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Skill Main Idea and Details

For Students 7th Standards
A slide show with fourteen slides with information and examples on finding the main ideas and supporting details in an informational text.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Analyze Nonfiction: Central Idea [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This graphic organizer will help students analyze nonfiction pieces. Students will use the graphic organizer to guide them as they identify the central idea and supporting details.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Nonfiction Pyramid

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
A printable pyramid for use with nonfiction texts while students identify the main ideas and supporting details within a text. Students also determine author's purpose and key vocabulary words. Directions on how to use this type of...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Essay Map

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A fillable essay map in PDF format with boxes for an introduction, main ideas, supporting details, and a conclusion. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Power Notes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A printable note-taking format where students create an outline by assigning powers to the main idea and supporting details. Directions on how to use this type of rubric as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Identifying Key Question Words and Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains how to identify key question words and phrases. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.