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Main Idea and Details

Learning Objective: Identify the main idea and supporting details of paragraphs within a text, and of the text as a whole.

Lesson Plan

Passages

Model Passage

Unusual Birds

nonfiction

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Practice Passage

For Your Health

nonfiction

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Passage

Independent Practice Passage 1

Saguaros in the Sonoran Desert

nonfiction

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Independent Practice Passage 2

Visiting the Statue of Liberty

fiction

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Extend the Lesson: Books and Lessons to Target Main Idea and Details