Main idea fourth grade

These nine main idea strategies will help your students successfully master this important reading skill. The Teacher Next Door shares her favorite main idea strategies for teachers of upper elementary students.

• 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.

main idea anchor chart

If you're teaching main idea in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade then you need to try this hands-on sorting activity! This main idea and details sentence sort activity is a great way to get students thinking about HOW details support a main idea. Using a main idea and details graphic organizer, students will sort the sentences and they will use higher-order thinking skills as they justify their answer.

Grab these free main idea passages on task cards - perfect for helping children in second, third, and fourth grade master this challenging skill!

Identifying themes anchor chart for 4th and 5th grade. Teaching themes in literature made easy and effective! Read how I teach theme and the theme activities I use on this post, free resource included!

These nine main idea strategies will help your students successfully master this important reading skill. The Teacher Next Door shares her favorite main idea strategies for teachers of upper elementary students.

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Help your students master main idea with these fun lesson ideas! Each of these teaching tips will help your first grade and second grade students learn to identify the main idea and details in a paragraph. Read all about how to create an anchor chart, whole group lessons, and individual work ideas. As a bonus, get FREE main idea activities and worksheets to use for guided reading and centers! Check them out for your 1st grade and 2nd grade students today!