Skilled readers can find the main idea of an informative passage without finding it directly stated. A reading video prompts elementary learners to examine supporting details in several examples, and to infer what the main idea of the passage could be.

Concepts

main ideas, making inferences, supporting details, reading comprehension strategies, writing organization

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Copy the longer passages onto handouts for learners to review independently
• Encourage your class to write paragraphs with implied main ideas and explicit supporting details

Classroom Considerations

• Video is a little long for one viewing; break it up at the right moments
• The third of a ten-video series

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides solid examples of implied main ideas and encourages ways to make inferences based on context clues

Cons

• Video is not very engaging
• Reading passages take up entire slides, which could be overwhelming for younger readers

Common Core

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.5.1 RI.5.2 RI.6.1 RI.6.2