Main idea graphic organizer

Identifying the main idea of the story when reading is a difficult soft skill for students to learn at times. Often the main idea can be implied, and providing students with the decoding skills are essential.

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A simple Main Idea & Supporting Details Graphic Organizer!

This hamburger graphic organizer can help you teach main idea and details to your students. The top bun is the main part, the contents are all the details and the bottom bun is the closing sentence when you use the information to write about the topic.A color poster is included with a matching template for students to fill in. I have also included two writing papers. One contains an illustration area and the other could be used for older students.

Cute graphic organizer to help the younger ones understand the main idea!

Free printable Graphic organizers and graphic organizer templates for kids. Teachers can use our PDF graphic organizing writing template to help students to compare and contrast, outline cause and effect, and create story maps. Our simple graphic organizer printables will help your students organize their writing into beginning-middle-end story sequences, and provide a framework for building opinion, narrative, or informational writing.

When I attended classes to earn my ESL endorsement, one of the first ELL-friendly strategies I learned was to employ graphic organizers. However, teachers who use graphic organizers with their students will attest to the fact that graphic organizers are beneficial tools to use with ALL students, not just English language learners and students with disabilities. Why are they such powerful tools? Graphic organizers provide visual representations of cognitive processes. These visual cues help…

Add this 3 page download to your reading and writing centers to reinforce finding the main idea within stories, books and texts. This is a great resource that can be used again and again!