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The Itsy Bitsy Spider Graphic Organizer Worksheet lets 1st grade readers finish a main idea sentence and four key details from a word bank. An answer key is included for quick checking.
Using Retell the Story Activity, students read Floppy Ears aloud to students and then use the question chart to assess students ability to retell the story.
Using What is the Main Topic? Activity,students identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
This Details about Digging Up Dinosaurs Worksheet helps students identify the main idea and key details while reading a passage about dinosaurs.
Using RI.1.2 First Grade Common Core Lesson, students find the main idea in an informational text to build reading comprehension skills.
Using RI.2.2 Second Grade Common Core Lesson,students identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
Using RI.5.1 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Using RI.5.2 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson,students determine the main idea of a text and recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Using this Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer, students organize details as they independently read to determine the main idea.
This main idea octopus graphic organizer helps 5th grade students record two main ideas from a nonfiction text, back each one with key details, and write a clear summary.
This key ideas worksheet gives first grade readers a short illustrated story and five bubble questions on the main idea and its supporting details. An answer key is included, so checking work takes seconds.
This Now Presenting - Report on a Topic Activity is a fun way for students to learn about Summarizing and presentations!
Using Key Details in a Text Activity, students ask and answer questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Using RL.1.2 First Grade Common Core Lesson,students identify the main topic and retell key details of a text with support and prompting.
Using this What's the Main Idea Activity, students recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea to build their comprehension skills.
Using What's the Main Idea Activity,studentsrecount the keydetails and explain how they support the main idea to build their comprehension skills.
Using RI.K.2 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson,students identify the main topic and retell key details of a text with support and prompting.
Using RI.3.2 Third Grade Common Core Lesson,students determine the main idea of a text and recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Using RL.K.2 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson,students retellfamiliar stories, including key details with support and prompting.



















