1. Main idea & Details
Asia G. Navarro

2. Target Audience Martin Luther King Jr. School #6
6th Grade English Language Arts
40 Students
General Education Classroom Setting

3. Goals & Objective
Students will be able to:
Students will

4. Standards Common Core: Technology:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.7 Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
Technology:
8.1.8.A.2 - Create a document (e.g. newsletter, reports, personalized learning plan, business letters or flyers) using one or more digital applications to be critiqued by professionals for usability.

5. Lesson - Hook “Artifacts” Introduce Main Idea & Supporting details
Video:
Create main idea table using read aloud
Determine the main idea of the story as a class
Each group member is responsible for one supporting detail
Example provided via youtube channel

6. Lesson – jigsaw activity
Students will work in groups of 4
Each student is responsible for identifying the main idea and supporting details of their specific section.
Directions on how to access student textbook online is provided via youtube channel
Students will gather all the information and present in via Google Slides.
Example provided via youtube channel

7. Brainy Bits Limbic system Thalamus Hypothalamus Hippocampus Amygdala
This lesson requires students to use 3/5 senses that channel through the thalamus; sight, hear, and touch.
Hypothalamus
To engage students and promote learning, I make sure to create a safe environment. This allows students to feel comfortable.
Hippocampus
Main idea and details is a comprehension skill embedded in their memory. The hippocampus is triggered by recalling information
Amygdala
By providing relatable articles and engaging activities, I will be able to tap into their emotions.

8. Multiple Intelligences
Linguistic
Reading and listening to the stories
Using computers
Visual
Building table to visual main idea and details
Musical
Listening to the “main idea” song
Instrumental music playing in the background while students work
Interpersonal
Working in groups; jigsaw activity

9. Multiple Intelligences, cont.
Intrapersonal
Self-reflection – determining level of understanding
naturalistic
Using a nature article
kinesthetic
Hands on learning activity – table project
Moving around completing the jigsaw activity
logical
Patterns of nonfiction text
Activities turn identifying main idea into investigations

10. Citations
Sousa, D.A. (2007). How the Special Needs Brain Learns. 2nd Edition. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press