TES Global
Blendspace: Main Idea
Six links to pictures, videos, text, and web sites about how to identify the main idea of a text.
TES Global
Blendspace: Grammar Pre Learner Week 1 Paragraphing
A six-part learning module with links to images, videos, and websites about writing a paragraph.
TES Global
Blendspace: Expository Essay
A six-part learning module with links to videos, websites, and texts on writing expository essays.
Other
Prezi: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Learning how to determine what is the main idea and what are the details in a story helps you become a better reader.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Paragraph Structure
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson was designed to help students to analyze how individual paragraphs are structured in writing.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Paragraphs
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will write simple, non-chronological reports from known information (e.g., from own experience or from existing text), using notes made to organize and present ideas. Students will learn to...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Topic Sentences
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart defines and gives examples of a topic sentence. Through an Activote activity students identify the topic sentence for various paragraphs.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Writing Showing Feelings
[Free Registration/Login Required] This elementary flipchart shows how writers express feelings. Instead of telling the reader, they show the reader through descriptive writing.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Writing With Pizazz
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps the students with the first step in the Six Traits Writing Process-- gathering ideas. Students are encouraged to analyze writing samples and brainstorm possible personal writing...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Writing a Report or Essay
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is intended for grades 3-5 and outlines the steps in writing a report or essay.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Book Important
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart guides students through the writing process utilizing a framework for finding out the important things. It teaches them a structure for organizing their writing as well.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Brainstorming
[Free Registration/Login Required] Several different examples of brainstorming: cluster/web, listing, circle graph, jot-chart/table. Has introduction, examples, and whole class brainstorming examples.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Grammar Paragraph
[Free Registration/Login Required] The Objective of this flipchart is to help students to begin to organize stories into paragraphs; and to begin to use paragraphing in presentation of dialogue in stories.
Tom Richey
Slideshare: Creative Brainstorming
This slide presentation provides a background of why the process of brainstorming is important as well as elements and tools you can use to get your creative juices flowing.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Writing a Cooperative Class Story
For this lesson plan, learners will write a cooperative class story, using brainstorming and editing skills. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and above.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Writing Prompts and Journal Topics
This site has hundreds of writing prompts/journal topics to get students started writing. Topics like "what is" and "what if" will get students thinking about what they could write.
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Internet4classrooms:3rd Grade Skills Builder: Main Idea
This interactive Language Arts skill-building site provides links to interactive activities that focus on finding the main idea of a reading selection. Online lessons, games and quizzes challenges students understanding of main idea.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Paragraphs
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will begin to organize stories into paragraphs, and use paragraphs in presentation of dialogue in stories. Reviews what a paragraph is and uses Humpty Dumpty as an example.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade Voc. Text Structure: Test
This interactive assessment consists of five multiple-choice questions over the types of text structure and patterns of organization.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade Voc. Text Structure: Match
In this learning game, students match the term with the description of the types of text structures and patterns of organization.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade Voc. Text Structure: Flashcards
This set of interactive flashcards helps students learn the terms and definitions for the types of text structure and patterns of organization.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Test
This interactive assessment features 9 matching questions and eight multiple-choice questions over 17 terms having to do with main ideas and supporting details including types of writing and the writing process with their definitions.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Match
In this interactive game, students match 17 terms having to do with main ideas and supporting details including types of writing and the writing process with their definitions.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Flashcards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on 17 terms having to do with main ideas and supporting details including types of writing and the writing process.