Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details
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English
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2nd Grade
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Practice Problem
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Easy
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Molly King
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Main Idea and Supporting Details
By: Miss Molly
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Learning Target
I can pick out the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text.
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Supporting details are things in the text that prove or explain the main idea.
Supporting Details
Main idea is the focus or center topic in a text.
Main Idea
What is Main Idea and Supporting Details??
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Different things to look at!
When you first receive a text you can look at many things to find out what the text might be about. Those things could include looking at the pictures, highlighted or bolded words, headings, read the first and last sentence, and the title of the text. A text might not have all of those things!
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Multiple Choice
What does the MAIN IDEA of a story tell the reader?
The lesson or moral
The conflict of the story
What the story is about
The beginning, middle, or end
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Multiple Choice
Main idea is supported by...
Concluding Sentence
Details
Chair
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Pigs
Did you know pigs are
very smart animals?
They have an excellent
sense of smell. This
super sense helps
them to use their snout
to find food on the
ground. They also use
their snout to explore
the world around them.
Look at the pictures
Highlighted or bolded words
Headings
Title of the text
Read the first and last sentence
What is the main idea??
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Pigs
Did you know pigs are
very smart animals?
They have an excellent
sense of smell. This
super sense helps
them to use their snout
to find food on the
ground. They also use
their snout to explore
the world around them.
What is the main idea??
Answer: Pig's sense of smell
We just met out learning target: I can pick out the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text!
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Multiple Choice
Read the following details and determine the main idea of these words.
-pineapple
-apple
-grapes
-strawberry
-oranges
Fruits
Desserts
Vegetables
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Chickens
Did you know there are more chickens on earth than people? That’s a lot of chickens!
Most chickens are
domesticated, that means they can be tamed or kept as pets! Many chickens live on farms, in a small barn or
chicken coop.
Chickens are famous for their eggs. A mother hen can lay more than 300 eggs per year!
Look at the pictures
highlighted or bolded words
headings
title of the text
Read the first and last sentence
What is the main idea??
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Chickens
Did you know there are more chickens on earth than people? That’s a lot of chickens!
Most chickens are
domesticated, that means they can be tamed or kept as pets! Many chickens live on farms, in a small barn or chicken coop.
Chickens are famous for their eggs. A mother hen can lay more than 300 eggs per year!
What is the main idea??
Answer: Facts About Chickens
Main Idea and Supporting Details
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