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Mc Graw Hill: Informational Text: Determine Central Idea and Supporting Details Unit PlanMc Graw Hill: Informational Text: Determine Central Idea and Supporting Details Unit Plan
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McGraw Hill
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5th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Mc Graw Hill: Informational Text: Determine Central Idea and Supporting Details

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To understand a text, you must understand the central idea of the story. Learn how to recognize the central idea and supporting details with this article. Click the links at bottom right.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

supporting details

Additional Tags

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Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

RI.6.2 RI.7.2 CCRA.R.2 RST.6-8.2 RI.5.2 RI.8.2 RL.6.2 RI.7.3 RI.6.3 RI.6.6 RL.7.2 RI.8.5

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Handout

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