The Main Idea and Supporting Details
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Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.) | Grade Level: 4
Lesson Length: 15 minutes or less
Keywords/Tags: #mainidea #supportingdetails #ELA #MrsDsFlippedClassroom
Lesson Description: This flipped classroom lesson is designed for students to do at home. They will utilize the project as a review to our class unit on main idea and supporting details. In this lesson, students will determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details.

  • ELA.4.R.2.2 Explain how relevant details support the central idea, implied or explicit.
  • Other ELAGSE4RI2: Students will be able to determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details.
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Video : Main Idea and Details
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: The video is 18 minute and it is an interactive video on how to find the mind idea using the facts in the text, captions, diagrams, charts, labels, illustrations, and photographs.
Reading : Determining Main Idea Nearpod Interactive Reading
Instructions: Please read the following article as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through the rest of the lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the following lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the article if needed.

https://nearpod.com/t/english-language-arts/5th/determining-main-idea-ind-leaing-L132090734

Description: This is an interactive reading that teaches the students how to summarize paragraphs, find the supporting details, and determine the main idea of an informational passage.
Resources : Additional Learning Resources
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
Nearpod
This is an interactive website that contains lessons, slides, quizzes, and review materials that would be really good to help students learn the standards and hit the mastery on the proficiency scales.
Newsela
This resource houses informational news articles of current and past events that have taken place. The articles have different lexiles to cater to various readers. This website also has quizzes to accompany the articles as well.
Kahoot
This is a learning database for a kids that has quizzes that can created by the teacher.
Flocabulary
This resource has instructional activities activities and songs that relate to the content and make learning more engaging.
Quiz : Main Idea and Supporting Details
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1
In order to find the main idea, it is best to have 6 supporting details.
Question #2
The main idea is always the title or the first sentence of the passage.
Question #3
When looking for the main idea it is best to look for details in the passage's labels, illustrations, diagrams, _________________,________________, and, _________.
Question #4
List two main idea helpful tips.
Question #5

When reading long passages its helpful to 

Question #6

To find the main idea ask yourself 

Question #7
What is the main idea?
Question #8
What are supporting details?
Question #9
How many supporting details do you need to help you determine the main idea?
Question #10
When trying to find the supporting details you should lookfor facts in the passage?
Description: After viewing the video please complete the quiz.