Reintroduce: Main Idea

What would a main idea be without important details? Readers use a graphic organizer to record key details from an informational text (a fiction text would also work). Review main idea as a concept before beginning, asking scholars to come up with answers before you explain it to them. After you introduce the book, they predict what it will be about. Then, learners complete the graphic organizer by writing down three key details as they listen to you read. Model the first detail by completing it with them, and pause so they have time to record their thoughts. Partners share their thoughts on the book's main idea before discussing it as a class.

Concepts

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main ideas, central ideas, key details, details, supporting details, literature, nonfiction

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Additional Tags

main idea, nonfiction, Discussion, supporting detail, think pair share, key details, literature, ri.2.2, sl.2.1, english language arts

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Resource Details

Grade

K - 3rd

Subjects

English Language Arts

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Resource Type

Lesson Plans

Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

30 mins

Instructional Strategies

Differentiated Instruction

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Technology

Projection

Year

2008

Usage Permissions

Creative Commons

BY-SA: 3.0