Main Idea Lesson: Two or More Main Ideas in a Text, Grades 4-5

Can one sentence cover a whole chapter book? Longer texts make more than one big point, and fifth graders are asked to find two or more. This lesson shows students how: read the headings, find the main idea of each section, then join the sections that make the same big point.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Reading passage, 1 page, 3 headed sections
• 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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