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Finding Main Ideas

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What is the main idea? Previewing a text is a great way to identify the main idea without even reading, but what areas of a text do you preview? Teach your third, fourth, and fifth graders the most important areas to preview before reading a text. Then, look at example texts together. Can they correctly identify the main idea?

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main ideas, central ideas

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finding the main idea, main idea of newspaper articles, news article main idea, english language arts
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Research
Year
2010
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