Our Main Idea lesson plan for grades 3-4 develops students’ ability to identify main ideas and the details which support it. During this lesson, students are given ample opportunities to practice locating the main idea sentence within a passage. Students are asked to compose their own paragraph with accompanying images or drawings, developing and utilizing their creativity. Students are also asked to decide if given sentences contain a main idea or supporting detail in order to demonstrate their understanding of the lesson.

The students will be able to determine the main idea of a text, and explain how details support the main idea.

Common Core State Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1.D, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4

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subject	Reading, Video
grade-level	3rd Grade, 4th Grade

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12/13/2020

Carol M.

Main Idea

As usual, Clarendon does not disappoint with both quality and ease of using the materials. Thank you for an invaluable service.

Main Idea (Grades 3-4)

12/08/2020

Rachelle C.

Easy to follow

My grade four student found ease with the passages. As an ELA Teacher, it was super easy to follow instructions. The wording was grade appropriate along with images.

Main Idea (Grades 3-4)

07/15/2020

maya r.

Main idea

Great and I really liked the material kit helped a lot when teaching the concept

Main Idea (Grades 3-4)

03/07/2020

CONNIE S.