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MAIN IDEA

Crafts and activities 

Use any book to help students identify the central idea of any text through engaging, hands-on activities. 
Learning Objective

Students will identify the main idea and supporting details in a text. 

Time

20-40 minutes

Difficulty

Easy 

Materials

Glue, marker, scissors, printable materials, text of choice

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Main Idea Pizza

Students create a pizza where the center is the main idea, and the surrounding slices are the supporting details.

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Detective Case Files

Students become detectives and collect "evidence" (details) to solve the main idea.

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Main Idea Tree

The trunk is the main idea and the leaves are the supporting details. 

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Newspaper Front Page

Students write a headline for the main idea and include supporting detail articles.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED

TEACHER
DIRECTIONS

STUDENT
TEMPLATES

REAL
EXAMPLES

EXTENSION
ACTIVITY

SKILLS PRACTICED

Main Idea

Summarizing

Critical Thinking

Supporting Details

Reading Comprehension

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