Kindergarten main idea and details

Comprehension is always a hard skill to teach, especially in first grade. Here are some tips to teaching main idea in your primary classroom.

I am FINALLY getting around to blogging about my latest unit... Hands-on Reading: Main Idea & Details I am definitely a believer in ...

Are you looking for new ideas to make teaching main idea easy and fun? Check out these interactive activities! These activities will help your students master finding the main idea and supporting details in a reading passage. Plus they're printable and easy to prep! Use them in your 1st grade or 2nd grade classroom. Learn more here!

Main idea and details is one of my favorite reading standards! Click to find great activities you can use to practice main idea and supporting details.

I love incorporating themes into my instruction. I have been wanting to come up with a lesson that incorporated a CIRCUS theme, and I though why not use main idea?! You can transfer your room into the Main Idea Show! The greatest show on Earth! The main idea is like the big top of the circus. Students train to be Main Idea Masters (a fun little take on ringmaster of the circus). These activities would be just enough to get your students excited and keep them engaged in learning about…

These free main idea activities are perfect for first grade and 2nd grade classrooms! Finding the main idea and details in a hands on way is always fun for small groups and guided reading! Included are creative puzzles, main idea mystery bags, paragraph with topic sentences, worksheets, graphic organizers, anchor charts, and more! The main idea mysteries are always a favorite! Use the organizers with books of your choice, too! Great for nonfiction main idea and main topic units!

Read to find out how to teach Main Idea & Details using a nonfiction text.

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Pinterest This week in my classroom I’m going to be teaching my students to find the main idea and supporting details of a paragraph. I have to say….. this is one of my FAVORITE units! We spend a few weeks on the skill, but we continuously go back to it throughout the year. This year, […]