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Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Determine Main Idea and Supporting Details HandoutMc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Determine Main Idea and Supporting Details Handout
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4th - 5th
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English Language Arts
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Handout

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Determine Main Idea and Supporting Details

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A reference article for students to learn about how to determine the main idea and supporting details from the text. Click on the Model for an example with explanation and then click on Practice for a practice exercise.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

text structure

Additional Tags

practice, determine main idea and supporting details, mc-graw hill: part 2 reading: informational text: determine main idea and supporting details, model with explanation, main idea and supporting details

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Common Core

CCRA.R.2 RI.4.2 RI.5.2 W.5.9.b W.4.1.b W.4.2.b W.5.1.b

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