Main Idea & Details Reading Passages and Questions + Task Cards | Savings Bundle

Boost your students' main idea and detail skills with this activity bundle while saving $$! ♥ 36 Skills-Focused Reading Worksheets ♥ 44 Task Cards with 18 Activity Sheets

MAIN IDEA AND DETAILS READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES AND QUESTIONS

Arm your students with the skills they need to tackle any main idea or detail-related question with these 36 ELA reading drills!  Each drill includes tips that reinforce effective reading strategies, and can be used to drive home the fundamentals or prepare for test day!

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

• 36 ELA reading drills (24 informational texts / 12 fiction passages)
• 135+ simulated test questions (multiple choice / short response)
• Helpful tips on answering common main idea & detail questions effectively 
• Questions on finding the summary, theme & central message of passages
• Digitally enabled (Easel Activities) version to assign via Google Classroom or any LMS
• 3 FREE, main idea & detail tools in addition to the 36 drills

COMMON CORE DESIGNED, SIMULATED AFTER:

• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
• State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) / TEKS 
• Florida FSA (same test vendor creates FAST progress monitoring assessments)
• New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)
• Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)
• Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS)
• Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) 
• Ohio’s State Tests 
• North Carolina Ready End-of-Grade Assessment: ELA/Reading (NC Ready EOG) 
• Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP)
• New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA) 
• Virginia Standards of Learning (VA SOL)
• Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment (AASA, formerly AzM2)
• Each year, there are ~5 - 6 main idea / key detail questions on these tests.

USEFUL IN MANY WAYS!

The reading drills take 10 to 15 minutes to complete, and are fantastic for:

• Literacy lessons 
• Guided or independent practice  
• ELA test prep / reading test prep* (with test-taking strategies)
• Small group work / literacy circles / partner work 
• Reading intervention groups (RTI) / small group remediation & instruction
• Independent work / early finishers work
• Literacy center activities
• Morning work / do now / bell ringers / ELA warm-ups
• Progress monitoring/checks
• Exit slips or tickets
• Homework
• Main idea & details review/reteach  
• Tutoring (targeted reading skill work) 
• After-school programs / extended school days
• Learning packets for anticipated school closings / snow days
• Winter/spring/summer vacation reading packets 
• Summer school programs / summer bridge activities 
• Substitute teacher lesson plans & activities 
• Homeschool lessons 
• Absent student make up work
• *including (but not limited to) reading summative assessments such as: SBAC for California, Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Nevada & other member states, Tennessee TNReady, Massachusetts MCAS, Minnesota MCA, Maryland  MCAP, Colorado CMAS, Missouri MAP, Wisconsin Forward, PARCC and more

MAIN IDEA TASK CARDS LITERACY CENTER 

Your students will be able to find the main idea & recall supporting details with ease using these 44 animal-themed task cards & corresponding activity sheets!  Preview this resource and you’ll see its "funtastic" quality!

THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:

• 44 task cards/passages, across 6 sets of informational text with pictures (all about animals!)
• 18 activity sheets that correspond with task card sets and assess finding the main idea & recounting supporting details 
• Digitally enabled, individual sheets to assign via Google Classroom
• Answer keys for students to check their work

ACTIVITY SHEETS INCLUDE:

• multiple choice questions
• short/open response questions
• riddles

USE THESE MAIN IDEA TASK CARDS & ACTIVITY SHEETS FOR:

• Guided or independent practice 
• Literacy center activities 
• Exit slips/tickets  
• Small group or pod work (activities)
• Homework (assign sets to do via Easel Activities)
• Literacy circles
• Reading intervention groups / small group remediation 
• Partner/buddy work
• After-school programs & tutoring

QUICK, LOW-PREP SET UP!

1. Print the task cards front & back (or front only).
2. Print corresponding activity sheets with the set.    
3. Place them in a binder with answer sheets to make a literacy center, or leave with students to work on in groups during literacy hour. 
4. Tip: Task cards can be introduced to students a few sets at a time. They are differentiated by density of passages for different levels of readers.  Also, task cards can be cut individually, or kept intact as a single sheet to save on prep time.

WHAT TEACHERS HAVE SAID:

♥  I'm so glad to have this product! This year, I used it as designed for state test prep. Kids told me after the test that they knew how to do some questions because of our practice with these passages.  I will do these throughout the year next time...well done! --Marisa M.

♥  A great resource when teaching main idea to my students. They especially loved to learn more about animals. --Nicole K.

♥  These have been a huge help to my students’ understanding. Their STAAR test scores actually improved after using these. --Charity H.  

♥  Great quality product. This makes my centers a whole lot easier to fill with relevant skill practice!  --Kendra B.

♥  This resource was perfect for reviewing main idea which is always one of the toughest indicators for my students. Using short passages made it much easier to use during whole group instruction and it wasn't overwhelming to those students that did struggle with main idea. --Melissa B.

ALIGNED WITH COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

3RD GRADE

RL.3.1:  Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

RL.3.2:  Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

RI.3.1:  Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a non-fiction text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

RI.3.2:  Determine the main idea of an informational text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

4TH GRADE

RL.4.1:  Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

RL.4.2:  Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

RI.4.1:  Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

RI.4.2:  Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

5TH GRADE

RL.5.1:  Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

RL.5.2:  Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

RI.5.1:  Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

RI.5.2:  Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.