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Main Ideas and Details

Take your students to a magical place by having them read stories such as "The Ugly Duckling" and "Rumpelstiltskin." They can read these magical stories and figure out the main idea and details in them!
Grade:
First Grade
Subjects:
English Language Arts
Writing
Reading
Reading Comprehension
Writing Organization
Summarize and Retell
Supporting Details
View aligned standards
RL.1.1
RL.1.2
RL.1.3

Think of a fun story or article! Does it have a main idea? How many details can you remember? In this reading and writing lesson, invite your students to analyze the main idea and details in different stories and texts. The Main Ideas and Details lesson pairs well with the first-grade reading curriculum as it explores characters, setting, and events in fiction texts. It also helps provide students with fiction comprehension skills and practice with retelling fiction stories.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify and write the main ideas and details of a text.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
  • Tell your students that they will be focusing on the main idea and details of stories today.
  • Ask your students if they know what those words mean.

Beginning: Preview or review the definitions for new vocabulary words in both English and the students' home language (L1).

Intermediate: Have students turn and talk to a partner to share their ideas.