Main Topic and Key Details
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Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.) | Grade Level: 1
Lesson Length: 15 minutes or less
Keywords/Tags: Main Topic, Key Details
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will view an informational text read aloud and answer questions related to main topic and key details.

  • Other ELAGSE1RI2: Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
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Video : Caterpillar to Butterfly National Geographic Readers Read Aloud
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: Butterflies are all around us. It's hard to believe these majestic insects with impressive wingspans and beautifully colored and patterned wings were once creepy crawly caterpillars. How in the world does this transformation happen? This Level 1 Reader gives kids an up-close look at exactly how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. With bonus information including different types of butterflies and poisonous caterpillars, this reader is one of a kind. This high-interest, educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic, accompanied by texts written by experienced, skilled children's book authors. The inside back cover of the paperback edition is an interactive feature based upon the book. Level 1 books reinforce the content of the book with a kinesthetic learning activity. In Level 2 books readers complete a Cloze letter, or fun fill-in, with vocabulary words. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Quiz : Caterpillar to Butterfly
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1
One way to determine the main topic is to look at the title.
Question #2
Another title for this book could be "The Life Cycle of a Butterfly."
Question #3

What is the main topic?

Question #4
List one key detail to support the main topic.
Question #5
List another key detail to support the main topic.
Question #6
Name a third key detail to support the main topic.
Description: This quiz asks questions about the book Caterpillar to Butterfly from National Geographic Readers.
Forum : Reading Helps Me to Write
Instructions: This discussion forum will have questions for students to respond. Read the posted questions, and respond to each. Students are responsible for posting one initial and and two peer responses for each topic.
Main Topic in Reading and Writing
If you know how to find a main topic in reading, can you write if given a main topic?
Key Details in Writing
If you know how to locate key details in reading, can you write key details to support a topic?
Description: Students will discuss how reading relates to writing.