Main Idea for 4th and 5th Grades - Main Idea Activities - Passages & Task Cards
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Finding the main idea can be SO challenging! This Main Idea and Details Unit can make it so much easier! The print & digital unit has everything: main idea worksheets, reading comprehension passages, games, task cards, anchor charts, and graphic organizers! This unit has a variety of materials with high-interest passages and fun activities that will help your students master the concept of finding the main idea using informational text.
It includes: Print and Digital Versions
3 Main Idea and Supporting Details Color-Coding Paragraphs
Hippopotamus
Lunar New Year
Chocolate
3 Main Idea, Key Details, and Summary Passages (double-sided) with Open-ended Questions:
Castles
The Golden Gate Bridge
Disneyland’s First Day
3 Main Idea Passages (double-sided worksheets) with Multiple Choice Questions:
Bald Eagles
Hammerhead Sharks
The Pyramids
3 Main Idea Matching Worksheets:
Pandas
Amelia Earhart
The Revolutionary War
32 Main Idea Task Cards (plus student record sheet)
10 Anchor charts (5 are blank for notetaking)
10 Graphic Organizers
Main Idea Bag Activity with Picture Cards
Main Idea Sorting Game (30 cards)
Answer Keys
Teacher Notes PDF with LINKS
SAVE MORE and GET MORE with the Ultimate Reading Skills Companion for 4th and 5th Grade!!! (Click Here) It has 10 essential reading units to supplement reading curriculums that are lacking.
Here are the units included in the Ultimate Reading Skills Companion for 4th and 5th Grade!
Characters, Settings, and Events: Story Elements
Elements of Poetry, Drama, and Prose
Inferences Using Informational Text
Why you'll love this resource:
- It makes teaching the main idea so much easier!
- It includes 9 main idea passages with 3 color-coding, 3 open-ended (and ask students to write a summary), and 3 with multiple choice answers.
- This unit also includes a digital version for Google Classroom™!
- There are a variety of formats included, from passages, games, task cards, activities, graphic organizers, and more!
- The passages are high-interest ones your students will enjoy, like Disneyland's First Day!
- The printables are low prep for busy teachers!
- It can be used for whole-class or small-group lessons, independent work, reading centers, exit slips, homework, whole-class games, test prep, and more!!!
Need a Main Idea unit for third grade?
Want more main idea activities? This one has 5 leveled passages (3 levels for each), 3 games, and 3 sets of task cards:
Main Idea Kit for 3rd - 5th Grades
Looking for completely digital Main Idea units for Google Classroom? These have original content and are interactive with moveable pieces:
3rd Grade Digital Reading Unit: Main Idea for Google Slides™
4th Grade Digital Reading Unit: Main Idea for Google Slides™
5th Grade Digital Reading Unit: Main Idea for Google Slides™
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