1. Reading Street Comprehension Skills: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Grades 4 and 5

2. Main Idea and Supporting Details
Student Expectations
Students identify the main idea, stated or implied, in nonfiction passages and articles.
Students express main ideas in their own words.
Students give details to support main ideas.
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3. Main Idea and Supporting Details
The topic is what the paragraph, passage, or article is about.
The main idea is the most important idea about the topic.
The main idea is often stated in a single sentence within a paragraph, passage, or article. However, sometimes you have to figure out the main idea and put it into your own words.
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4. Main Idea and Supporting Details
Supporting details are small pieces of information that tell more about the main idea.
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5. Main Idea and Supporting Details
In a word or two, what (or who) is this about?
What is the most important idea about this topic?
What are some details that tell more about the main idea?
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6. Main Idea and Supporting Details
Main Idea and Supporting Details Practice
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