Main idea games

Teaching main idea and detail to upper elemetnary students in an engaging and rigorous way! This will keep students learning about main idea all week long!

Working on main idea isn't just a reading skill, but a very important language skill as well. If you're overwhelmed or unsure about where to start when teaching main idea in your speech classroom, this blog post was written for you! I've also included my free resources to help you save time and teach main idea better!

Games and centers to help your 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students practice main idea. These low prep games are designed to help your students differentiate between main idea and details, as well as to help them think about how details support the main idea. Includes a matching game, mazes, and a sort to make main idea more engaging for your upper elementary students. #mainidea #reading #thirdgrade

This FREE Main Idea Activity Pack is a great way to help learners work backwards at figuring out the main idea of a text. You might also like our Retelling Bundle – for both fiction and nonfiction! *The free download can be found at the END of this post post. Click on the teal download ... Read More about Main Idea Activity Pack

Having trouble finding main idea activities your students can complete successfully on their own? Look no further! Here are 3 main idea games that work perfectly as centers and will give your students critical practice on this tricky skill.

Need fresh resources for test prep and review games? Playing Spoons in the classroom is a great way to keep kids' engaged as they review everything from math to grammar. Grab the FREE review games in this post and make testing review hassle-free!

This week in reading we learned all about main idea and details. This is such a tricky concept to teach to the younger kiddos so keeping it fun and engaging for them is crucial! We started off getting our chef hats ready and put on so that we could start cooking in our kitchens (aka tables). Once we had our hats all set, I grouped my students in groups of 2. Each group got a recipe card. Their job was to read the recipe card and identify the main idea and details. Once they had their main…

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