Teaching main idea

These nine main idea strategies will help your students successfully master this important reading skill. The Teacher Next Door shares her favorite main idea strategies for teachers of upper elementary students.

If you're teaching main idea in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade then you need to try this hands-on sorting activity! This main idea and details sentence sort activity is a great way to get students thinking about HOW details support a main idea. Using a main idea and details graphic organizer, students will sort the sentences and they will use higher-order thinking skills as they justify their answer.

Finding the main idea in a paragraph can be hard for students to understand. I finally know where I should have started when teaching it!

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

Grab these free main idea passages on task cards - perfect for helping children in second, third, and fourth grade master this challenging skill!

Practice locating the main idea and details by color coding nonfiction reading passages. When students can see the organization of a written paragraph, they can more easily identify the main idea. Check out these main idea worksheets. #4thgradeteacher #5thgradeteacher #mainidea

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

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These worksheets for main idea and supporting details are a great way to build reading comprehension in young students. Grab the free sample.

Working on main idea isn't just a reading skill, but a very important language skill as well. If you're overwhelmed or unsure about where to start when teaching main idea in your speech classroom, this blog post was written for you! I've also included my free resources to help you save time and teach main idea better!