Main Idea Lesson: Key Details That Support It, Grades 4-5

"Which sentence does not belong?" Students spot it fast: "My uncle's car is silver" has nothing to do with a street cleanup. This lesson turns that instinct into a skill: telling the details that support a main idea from the details that are true and interesting but off-point.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Reading passage, 1 page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Answer key, 1 page
• All printables in one ready-to-print PDF, 6 pages

Answer key included

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