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Main Idea and Details

Learning Objective: Identify the stated or unstated main idea of a paragraph and supporting details; state the overall main idea of a text.

Lesson Plan

Passages

Model Passage

A Tour of the White House

nonfiction

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Practice Passage

Finding King Tut's Tomb

nonfiction

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Independent Practice Passage 1

Amazing, Enormous, Extinct Animals

nonfiction

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Independent Practice Passage 2

The Community Garden

fiction

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