Catch the Main Idea Main Idea and Details Intermediate Reading CCSS: 3-5.RI.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details. Summarize the text. Review the concept of main idea with students before they complete the station activity. Include a copy of the anchor charts at the station. Be sure to run on cardstock and laminate for durability. What’s included: □ Task Card in WORD (click on slide to open in WORD for editing OR open the separate TASK CARD DOC on the website) □ Anchor Charts □ Student Activity Cards for self or partner directed work □ Answer Key for self-checking □ Materials needed: Short newspaper articles □ Technology Connection: Copyright © 2013 Innovative Educational Programs. Reproduction rights granted to CHILD Teachers and permitted only for use as instructional material.

Main Idea What the story is mostly about Before Reading Look at the title. Look at the text features. Predict what the story will be about. During Reading Look for things that are repeated or have something in common. After Reading Think about what you’ve read. Summarize by asking yourself “What was the most important thing?”

A good main idea statement includes… Who What When Where Why

ring bracelet necklace leaves trunk branches Poodle Beagle Retriever parent cousin aunt soccer tennis baseball keyboard mouse monitor turtle crocodile snake Easter Labor Day Hanukkah clowns tightrope trapeze

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jewelry parts of a treetypes of dogs relativessports parts of a computer reptilesholidays things at a circus

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