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Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Main Idea Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Main Idea

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify main ideas through headings and chapter titles, and then to write appropriate titles of their own. Lessons are based on the books...
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Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: How Reasons Support Key Points Handout
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Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: How Reasons Support Key Points

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Get an example of how to identify an author's main idea in a text on this site. Also, learn how to recognize supporting ideas to main ideas presented in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2
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Read Works: Explicit Information 1st Grade Unit Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Explicit Information 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit in which learners learn how to identify explicit information in both fiction and non-fiction texts. The lessons utilize the books Frogs by Gail Gibbons and Stellaluna by Janell Cannon....
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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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Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Explicit Information Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Explicit Information

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed to teach students to identify explicit information in nonfiction and fiction texts. Lessons are based on the books Deserts (A True Book-Ecosystems) by Darlene R. Stille and The Stories Huey...
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Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare Contrast [Pdf] Graphic
Scholastic

Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare Contrast [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
This graphic organizer can be use with students when they read an informational text. Using a Venn diagram to organize content, students will write important similarities and differences after reading an informational text and analyzing...
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Main Idea Mania Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Main Idea Mania

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and record the main ideas and supporting details on one of the graphic organizers provided. Materials are included. [PDF]
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Detail Delight [Pdf] Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Detail Delight [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text use a graphic organizer to record the topic and supporting details. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Exploration [Pdf] Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Exploration [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and complete a graphic organizer to identify the main idea and supporting details. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Keys to the Main Idea [Pdf] Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Keys to the Main Idea [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text a complete a graphic organizer to identify the main ideas and supporting details. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Just the Facts Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Just the Facts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which learners read a text and complete a graphic organizer to identify the topic and supporting details or facts. Materials are included.
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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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Smart: Main Idea and Details Whiteboard
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Smart: Main Idea and Details

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
The interactive lesson is a review of main idea and supporting details.
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Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare and Contrast Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare and Contrast

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
A brief graphic organizer to help students visualize the similarities and differences in a piece of informational text.
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Unit Plan
Beacon Learning Center: Web Lesson: Get the Idea Unit Plan
Beacon Learning Center

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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