Key details

This chart supports a classroom of children who, when asked, “What is this book teaching?” give the most basic and undeveloped of answers. You may teach, and subsequently chart, that th…

I would use this anchor chart to show students how to retell stories and understand the central message in writing.

• The main idea is the most important idea from a paragraph, passage, or article. • Details are small pieces of information that tell more about the main idea.

In preparation for my future gig as a DII coach in my district, I have been using my students as guinea pigs while I deliver lessons in stri...

Finding Key Details - grade 1 anchor chart: main idea, characters, events, setting #reading #readingcomp #anchorchart

I’m writing a blog post about how to teach your students to identify the main topic and key details during reading. Keep reading for instructional practices,

Last week, we spent a lot of time on Main Idea. My class needed some practice with sorting and classifying before I could begin to introduce the main idea. So I began by placing several objects in a bag. I took the items out one by one and asked my students to think about how the items went together. The first bag were tools for cleaning your teeth. Then we discussed how they went together and what their purpose was. I then introduced the term main topic. I had the students break into groups…

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October might be my favorite month of the year! I love all things fall, including pumpkins! Pumpkin Circle by George Levenson is a great nonfiction text to use for integrating your science standards and learning about identifying main topic and retelling key details of a text. The book takes children through the life cycle of a pumpkin. You can use the text to teach students how to pull out those important key details. First Grade Interactive Read Aloud Lessons for October This post contains…

Teaching main idea and details through non-fiction text with this fun lesson idea! See the visual supports the teacher used and grab the FREE writing craft for identifying main idea and details, too!