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Main Idea Resources

62 resources

Main Idea Resources

62 resources

Activity
Activity1st GradeWhat's the Main Idea Activity

Using What's the Main Idea Activity,studentsrecount the keydetails and explain how they support the main idea to build their comprehension skills.

Assessment
AssessmentKindergartenKey Ideas Butterflies Worksheet

Using Key Ideas Butterflies Worksheet,students identify the main topic and retell key details while reading a non-fiction text.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenDescribing Key Ideas Activity

Using Describing Key Ideas Activity,students make up something that the Person on the card might say to show the key idea.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeEndings Worksheet

Using Endings Worksheet, students write how the ending of each story solves problems and resolves events of the story to compare the two similar stories read.

Worksheet
WorksheetPreschoolDetails about Winter Worksheet

Using Details about Winter Worksheet,students identify the main topic and retell key details while reading a non-fiction text.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core LessonKindergartenRL.K.2 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson

Using RL.K.2 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson,students retellfamiliar stories, including key details with support and prompting.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson1st GradeRL.1.2 First Grade Common Core Lesson

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.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson3rd GradeRI.3.2 Third Grade Common Core Lesson

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.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson3rd GradeRL.3.2 Third Grade Common Core Lesson

This RL.3.2 Third Grade Common Core Lesson includes RL.3.2 Worksheets, RL.3.2 Activities, RL.3.2 Assessment, and RL.3.2 Poster.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson5th GradeRL.5.2 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using RL.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.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeMain Idea and Details Graphic Organizer

Using this Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer, students organize details as they independently read to determine the main idea.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeWhat's the Main Idea Activity

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.

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenKey Ideas Worksheet

Using Key Ideas Worksheet,students identify the main topic and retell key details while reading a story or informational text.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenMain Idea and Details Reading Activity

Using Main Idea and Details Reading Activity,students read any book and respond to the questions to gain a better understanding of the main idea.

Worksheet
WorksheetPreschoolDetails about Digging Up Dinosaurs Worksheet

This Details about Digging Up Dinosaurs Worksheet helps students identify the main idea and key details while reading a passage about dinosaurs.

Worksheet
WorksheetPreschoolStory Details Graphic Organizer Worksheet

Using Key Details Graphic Organizer Worksheet,students identify the main topic and retell key details while reading a fiction or non-fiction text.

Activity
ActivityPreschoolMain Idea and Details Activity

Using Main Idea and Details Activity,students identify the main topic and retell key details of a text with support and prompting.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core LessonKindergartenRI.K.2 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson

Using RI.K.2 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson,students identify the main topic and retell key details of a text with support and prompting.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson4th GradeRI.4.2 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using RI.4.2 Fourth 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.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson5th GradeRI.5.1 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson

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.