Quizlet
Quizlet: Main Idea, Main Idea Flashcards
Terms related to main idea are included in this review exercise. Interactive vocabulary flashcards are provided for the following words: main idea, central idea, interesting detail, subject, topic, support, supporting detail, theme, and...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: W.4.2b: Develop the Topic With Facts
Links to 40 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.4.2b: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
Education.com
Education.com: W.4.2.b Worksheets: Develop the Topic With Facts
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 11 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.4.2.B: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details,...
Education.com
Education.com: W.4.7 Worksheets: Conduct Short Research Projects
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 6 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.4.7: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sl.4.5: Add Audio Recordings and Visual Displays to Presentations
Links to 31 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.5: Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance to development of main ideas or themes.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sl.4.4: Orally Report on a Topic or Text
Links to 75 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to...
Education.com
Education.com: Sl.4.4 Worksheets: Orally Report on a Topic or Text
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 2 worksheets and 6 lessons that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard SL.4.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sl.4.2: Pose an Respond to Specific Questions
Links to 38 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.2: Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of...
Education.com
Education.com: Sl.4.1.b Worksheets: Review Key Ideas and Express Own Ideas
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 6 lessons that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard SL.4.1.D: Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and...
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Better Lesson: Sl.4.1c: Pose an Respond to Specific Questions
Links to 60 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1c: Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sl.4.1a: Come to Discussions Prepared
Links to 36 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1a: Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to...
Other
New South Wales Educational Resources: Talking and Listening in K 6
Lists developmental characteristics of speech and listening of K-6 children. Excellent educational site from New South Wales.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What Does the Reader Want to Know? Creating Research Questions
In this instructional activity, students will change a research topic into questions that they will specifically answer while doing their research.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Come Prepared for Discussions
This is a collection of 14 discussion opportunities. Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Story Add Ons
This is a technology-rich lesson plan which allows students to explore proper language conventions while utilizing portable keyboards for word processing.
Scholastic
Scholastic: The Lookout Mountain Tunnel
Reproducible activity about drawing conclusions that provides a reading passage and comprehension questions. Also includes a link to a key at the bottom of the page.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Subject
Clear information about sentence subject, including definition, explanation of how to find subject, distinction between complete subject and simple subject, and other helpful points.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Genre Study Lesson Plan
This lesson plan on genre study teaches writing within a genre as parting of a writing craft. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Developing Inferential Comprehension
This lesson plan uses the text "Granddaddy's Gift" in order to develop and improve comprehension, prediction, and discussion skills. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
EL Education
El Education: Testing the Waters
Students tested water at several sites in a local creek and write a scientific paper showing their testing and results. Scientific papers include an abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion including recommendations...
TES Global
Blendspace: Main Idea
A learning module that includes six links to videos, images, and websites that reinforce the reading skill of finding the main idea.
TES Global
Blendspace: Main Idea
A learning module with six links to images and videos on finding the main idea of a text.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: The Legend of the Bluebonnet
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "The Legend of the Bluebonnet" by Tomie dePaola. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Missing Manatee
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Missing Manatee" by Cynthia C. DeFelice. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.