Identify the main idea and supporting details in text. SPI 0701.6.2

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1. Finding the Main Idea
2. Main Idea - building blocks of comprehension - exercises to print included
3. Main Idea - The main idea of a paragraph is what all the sentences are about. Read the paragraph and ask, “What’s your point?”
4. Main Idea - lesson on main idea of a passage and an activity to print
5. Reading Comprehension - free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and parents - includes original stories, poems, essays, and articles
6. Reading Detective - Quia quiz
7. Reading Headlines - read eight headlines and try to determine what the article is about
8. Strategies for Better Reading - In this lesson you will: read between the lines by using the power of inference, predict what will happen next in a story, and identify the main ideas in what you read.
9. Truth in Advertising - In this lesson you will: read and identify various types of advertisements, analyze advertisements for examples of persuasive writing, generalizing, exaggeration, and scare tactics, and write responses to ads that you’ve analyzed
10. What's the Big Idea - solve a riddle by answering questions about the main idea
11. What's the Big Idea? Exercise 1 - Write the common subject for each group of words, or "write a good title for each list." - a worksheet to print, not interactive
12. What's the Big Idea? Exercise 2 - Write the common subject for each group of words, or "write a good title for each list." - a worksheet to print, not interactive
13. What's the Big Idea? Exercise 3 - a bit harder than 1 & 2 - Write the common subject for each group of words, or "write a good title for each list." Then add another example that could be included in that group. Be as specific as you can. - a worksheet to print, not interactive