RI.3.2 Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2
:"Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea."
These worksheets and lesson plans can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Worksheets
Writing Workout: Supporting the Main Idea
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Writing Workout: Supporting the Main Idea
Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.
3rd Grade
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Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web
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Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web
Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.
3rd Grade
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The Topic of Details
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The Topic of Details
This worksheet focuses on creating a title for a list of details.
3rd Grade
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Ladder Graphic Organizer
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Ladder Graphic Organizer
Learn about story progression and story organization with this ladder graphic organizer.
3rd Grade
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Hills and Valleys
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Hills and Valleys
Mix a little art into your science with this reading-slash-drawing sheet on hills and valleys.
3rd Grade
Science
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Make a Summary: Butterflies
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Make a Summary: Butterflies
Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.
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Lesson Plans
Main Idea: It's in the Bag!
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Main Idea: It's in the Bag!
Help your class grasp the concept of "main idea" with this fun, hands-on lesson. Students will dive into mystery bags full of supportive detail clues to determine the main idea of each bag.
2nd Grade
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Activist Heroes
Lesson plan
Activist Heroes
Fully adaptable, this lesson can be used to to highlight African American leaders, famous women, veterans, or any other group of individuals who have acted heroically and have positively influenced our nation!
3rd Grade
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Hidden Treasure: Summarizing Informational Text
Lesson plan
Hidden Treasure: Summarizing Informational Text
Ahoy there! Ready to sail with your students on a treasure map summary? What's that matey? Your students need practice with summaries? Then take a journey and summarize to find the hidden treasure.
3rd Grade
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In Search of the Main Idea
Lesson plan
In Search of the Main Idea
Young learners will love finding the main ideas in short informational texts. Featuring a bunch of fun worksheets, this lesson will help students learn about different topics while improving their reading skills.
3rd Grade
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Main Ideas, Please!
Lesson plan
Main Ideas, Please!
Your students will be introduced to the concept of a main idea in this fun lesson using props to support their thinking.
3rd Grade
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Determining Importance
Lesson plan
Determining Importance
Is that fact important, or is it just interesting? Use this lesson to help your students determine importance in nonfiction text.
3rd Grade
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Workbooks
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Games
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Exercises
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