Reading main idea

Main idea is a skill we focus on across multiple grade levels. This post features the book, Animals in Winter, as a mentor text.

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!

WHY TEACH STUDENTS TO FIND THE MAIN IDEA? Being able to find the main idea and supporting details of a text is a complex and important nonfiction reading skill for upper elementary students (3rd-5th grade). "Learning

Free nonfiction main idea reading comprehension passage and questions to practice finding the main idea and details in a passage.

5 Fail-Proof Ways to help you teach students how to identify the main idea & the supporting details of a passage, short story...

Finding the main idea in a non-fiction text can be tricky, but I've developed a few tried-and-true ways to make this important skill engaging, FUN and successful! Check out this anchor chart and a few other quick and easy lessons and activities to help students easily identify the main idea in a non-fiction text. #mainidea #languagearts #teachingwithamountainview

Because of the difficulty that many students have with identifying main idea, much practice is needed throughout the school year and this fun main idea

Main Idea foldable—fun way to practice citing textual evidence!

One thing I have learned is that every reading skill needs to have a super fun and engaging lesson to go with it. If the students are doing something that does not feel like learning AT ALL then they will experience the skill and remember it. You cannot jump into reading and using the skill...