Select illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas.. SPI 0601.3.5

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1. 2 Simple Main Idea Examples Paragraph and activities - a good whole class lesson online.
2. Central Ideas of Text Worksheets - These worksheets will help students determine the central ideas presented by the author. We will ask students to sum it up in their own words, so the answers may be slight variations.
3. Identifying Key Ideas and Supporting Details Part One: The Setup -
4. Identifying Key Ideas and Supporting Details Part Two: Modeling
5. Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Details in English Texts - A good article for students to read in class or homework assignment, explaining how to identify main ideas with visual examples.
6. Main idea and details organizer - A good layout for organizing main idea supporting details.
7. Supporting Details: - Read each story and choose 2 supporting details.
8. Supporting Details - good article for students to read and take notes.
9. Sixth Grade (Grade 6) Main Idea Questions - Create your own quiz. Create printable tests and worksheets from these Grade 6 Main Idea questions! Select one or more questions using the checkboxes above each question. Then click the add selected questions to a test button before moving to another page.
   

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