Lessons tagged with "Main+idea"

This reading comprehension lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, with prompting and support, students will identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

This Common Core reading informational text lesson focuses on determining the main topic in a text. In this lesson, students will determine the main topic of a text and then the key details that support that main topic. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on maintaining focus in writing. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the central idea and details of a passage to determine other details that belong or do not belong in the passage. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading informational text lesson focuses on determining the main idea in a text. In this lesson, students will determine the main idea of a text and then the key details that support that main idea. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. (Also aligns with 3.RI.1 and 3.RI.10.)

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on supporting answers by using clues from the text and prior knowledge. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use clues from the text and prior knowledge to answer questions about the text. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on selecting a focus on writing. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading informational text lesson teaches students how to determine the main idea and key details of a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are given examples where the main idea is located near the beginning of the text and near the end of the text. Students are also asked to look at other possible details and determine which would best fit the main idea of the text. This lesson provides students with a great foundation for writing informational text. This lesson includes a whiteboard insert that students can use to record their answers during the initial lesson or plan their own writing in the future.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a concluding paragraph for expository text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the text, noting the bold main idea and the underlined important details. Then in complete sentences, they re-word the main idea and important details as well as develop a lasting impression by asking why the main idea is important. Finally, they write a concluding paragraph. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with text and organizers provided.

This writing lesson covers how to revise writing by adding or deleting sentences based on how they support the main idea. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to change the written text to improve it by determining which details support the main idea and which don’t.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on identifying an effective transition between paragraphs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the question to determine what they are looking for in the text. Then they read both paragraph of the passage and identify the main idea of each one. Finally, they identify the best transition between paragraphs -- the sentence that combines the main ideas of both. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive test items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on revising writing by consolidating sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a pair of sentences, and identify the relationship between them. Then, they revise the writing by consolidating the sentences using a coordinating conjunction. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive test items.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on discerning stated main ideas and supporting evidence in a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the text to determine how the sentences are related. They identify the topic and supporting evidence, and finally circle the main idea. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on revising writing to improve the organization of ideas within paragraphs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and identify the main idea in each paragraph. Then, they identify any details that do not relate to the main idea. Finally, students answer the corresponding questions. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing lesson covers how to revise writing by adding or deleting sentences based on how they support the main idea. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to change written text to improve it by determining which details support the main idea and which don’t.

This reading informational text lesson teaches students how to determine the main idea and key details of a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are given examples where the main idea is located near the beginning of the text and near the end of the text. Students are also asked to look at other possible details and determine which would best fit the main idea of the text. This lesson provides students with a great foundation for writing informational text. This lesson includes a whiteboard insert that students can use to record their answers during the initial lesson or plan their own writing in the future.

This program is a part of the Link to Literacy Program

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on discerning stated main ideas and supporting evidence in a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the text to determine how the sentences are related. They identify the topic and supporting evidence, and finally circle the main idea. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This English Language Development lesson is a part of our Link to Literacy program.