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The Best Main Idea

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What is the main idea? Interest your young readers with this fun introductory lesson! After selecting several items from a paper bag, the teacher leads learners to determine the big idea for those items. This concept is then applied to reading when the teacher models with a think-aloud how to infer the focus in a selection. In the end, the class works together to find a main idea!

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CCSS: Designed
Concepts

main ideas, central ideas, supporting details, details, fiction, nonfiction

Additional Tags

finding the main idea, main idea activity, fiction, Informational Text, nonfiction, supporting details, ri.2.2, ri.2.8, english language arts
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Resource Details

Grade
K - 4th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Accessibility
Text-to-Speech
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Common Core

RL.1.2

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