Main Idea and Supporting Details Memory Game in Print and Digital

This is a hands-on game your students can play if they would benefit from matching a main idea statement to its supporting details.

This engaging, educational game includes 36 game pieces (18 matches) and directions! Simply print and cut the game pieces (1 set for each pair or small group). Students turn all of the game pieces over, and then follow the directions to play Concentration!

Each topic has three matches. For example, these are the matches for the eye cards:

1. Main Idea- There are three areas on the surface of the eye.

matches

Supporting details- sclera (white part), iris (colored part) pupils (black part)

2. Main Idea- Some people suffer from certain eye conditions.

matches

Supporting Details: Nearsighted, Farsighted, Stigma

3. Main Idea- There are various ways to improve a person’s sight.

matches

Supporting Details- Glasses, Contacts, Eye surgery

It comes in two formats: print and digital. Choose the format that is best for your students!

1. Teachers who choose the traditional print format will print a set of cards for each small group. Students will cut apart the cards, turn them facedown, and then take turns trying to uncover matches. When all of the cards have been matched, students count their cards to determine the winner. (I have included a set of cards that contain clip art and a set of cards where the clip art images are removed from each card.)
2. The newer digital format is an Easel Activity. It is set up to be a game that students can play individually or with a partner. Students are presented with three details, and they must uncover the card that contains the main idea statement that matches the details.

CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW to view both versions! It also includes an instructions page and answer key.

If you would like to explore how the digital version of this activity is played, I invite you to check out one of these free contraction concentration games: Basic Contractions Memory and Advanced Contractions Memory. (Just click on the links.)

Here's what teachers like you had to say about using this main idea game in their classroom:

⭐️Kristen D. said, "I used this resource with small groups in reading. It's such an engaging activity for reinforcing the concept of main idea and supporting details."

⭐️Sara R. said, "This was such a great resource! We used it at the end of our unit and the students loved being able to match up the supporting details and main idea points. The topics were fun and kid-friendly as well."

⭐️Once Upon a Fourth Grader said, "Love having games that have to do with the skill we are learning. An excellent resource. Really fun for students and does a great job of teaching them how the supporting details RELATE to the main idea."

⭐️Wendy W. said, "I used these for teaching intervention. It was an exciting way for my students to really learn main idea and details and it helped stick in their head. They were really excited about it!"

If you’re looking for more main idea resources, feel free to click on the links below!

Main Idea and Details Craftivity: Ice Cream Cones

Main Idea and Supporting Details PowerPoint: ICE CREAM!

Main Idea and Details Worksheets: 5 passages with graphic organizers!

Main Idea and Details Craftivity: The Earth Foldable Book

Main Idea Task Cards (includes 30 cards!)

Main Idea: Targeted Tri-folds

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