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I Can Infer the Main Idea When I Read OrganizerI Can Infer the Main Idea When I Read Organizer
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I Can Infer the Main Idea When I Read

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While reading any text, ask your pupils to keep this graphic organizer on hand. They can note down the main idea and three supporting details during or after reading. The instructions allow for individuals to use words or images to express the ideas in the text. Consider working together to determine the main idea.

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Concepts

main ideas, central ideas, supporting details, details, inferences

Additional Tags

main idea, central idea, supporting details, evidence, inference, english language arts

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  • See the materials tab for another version of this graphic organizer that includes a sample main idea and slightly different instructions

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  • Some pupils may benefit from additional support, such as sentence frames, when working with the graphic organizer

Common Core

RL.3.2 RL.4.2 RL.5.2 RI.3.2 RI.4.2 RI.5.2 RL.6.2 RL.7.2 RL.8.2 RI.6.2 RI.7.2 RI.8.2

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