Instructional Video15:46
Curated Video

Main Idea Reading Strategy | Video Lessons

6th - Higher Ed
A video lesson teaching students to summarise and identify the main idea of fiction and non-fiction texts.
Instructional Video4:32
Curated Video

Summarize a Scientific Text

K - 8th
A video entitled "Summarize a Scientific Text” which discusses how to identify the main idea and details of a scientific text.
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea and Summarize a Nonfiction Text

4th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the main idea by using key details to summarize nonfiction text. [7:16]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea and Summarize a Nonfiction Text

4th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the main idea and summarize what you have read by connecting ideas presented throughout the text. [7:16]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Tracking Comprehension

9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on strategies for tracking comprehension while reading. It provides three main strategies: summarizing, chunking, and glossing. It explains each in step-by-step fashion using both text and audio.