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Read Works: Main Idea 1st Grade Unit Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Main Idea 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students learn to use titles and supporting details in both fiction and non-fiction texts in order to identify the main idea of the book in this three-lesson unit. The lessons utilize the books Animal...
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Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Main Ideas & Details [Pdf] Graphic
Scholastic

Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Main Ideas & Details [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This graphic organizer can be used with students when they read informational text. Students will write the main idea in a central oval and then write four details that support the main idea of this reproducible graphic organizer.
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Your Dictionary: Lessons and Activities on Main Ideas for First Grade Lesson Plan
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Your Dictionary: Lessons and Activities on Main Ideas for First Grade

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
This site offers links to several lesson plans for teaching main ideas to first and second graders; it also provides and explains some activities for teaching the main idea to first graders.
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Alex: What Is the Main Idea? Lesson Plan
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Alex: What Is the Main Idea?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
During this lesson students begin to identify the main idea of a story they read or hear. Students use graphic organizers to discover the main idea of The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss, and Marsupial Sue, by John Lithgow.
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Mc Graw Hill: Identify the Main Topic and Key Details eBook
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Mc Graw Hill: Identify the Main Topic and Key Details

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
This is a practice exercise to help teach how to find the main topic of a passage by looking at key details. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2
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Class Flow: Main Idea Lesson Whiteboard
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Class Flow: Main Idea Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on the determining the main idea and details.
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Resource Room: What's the Big Idea? Activity
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Resource Room: What's the Big Idea?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This exercise can be used to help students develop understanding of main idea and supporting details. Students are given a list of words to analyze, decide the theme and write a common subject that defines the group.
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Beacon Learning Center: Web Lesson: Get the Idea Unit Plan
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Beacon Learning Center: Web Lesson: Get the Idea

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Read through a lesson about main ideas and supporting details to understand their importance. Practice choosing the main idea of three nonfiction paragraphs. Features practice activities to enhance learning.
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