A comprehensive resource pack helping students to learn how to find the main idea.
Being able to identify the main idea in a text is an important comprehension strategy for students to understand.
Teaching Resource Pack
Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Finding the Main Idea
| 6 resources| Grades: 3 - 6
Curriculum
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2
Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
ELAR 3.9(D)
Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
ELAR 4.9(D)
Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
ELAR 5.9(D)
Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
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