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This is a checklist students can use to find main idea. Students can follow this while doing a reading and use it to help guide them! This is a great tool for young students beginning to find main idea! It can be done digitally on a laptop or can be used on paper! Many classrooms today have I pads so it would be very simple to check things off on their I pad as they move along.

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This is another video students can watch to get better understanding of main idea. It includes examples and explanations for finding main idea and details.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkZo2zVKJR4&t=10s

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This is a resource students and teachers can use. It has a video describing main idea and a quiz to go along with it. This can be used in many ways, such as homework, independent work, or can be done whole group.

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What Is the Main Idea?

Sharon listened to her teacher read a book. When her teacher finished, she asked Sharon to tell her the main idea of the story. Sharon didn't have a clue. Do you know what 'main idea' means?

Authors have a message for readers in every passage or story. The main idea is the most important point of the message the author wants to share. Figuring out that main point helps us better understand what we read. The main idea can usually be stated in a few words or a sentence, and the other information in a passage explains the main idea. These are known as details.

Finding the Main Idea

How can you figure out a main idea? While reading, think about what the story or passage is mostly about and ask yourself these questions:

1. What is the most important point the author is trying to make?

2. Do the details support that point?

Here are two fun ways to determine the main idea. First, we'll take a look at the main idea hamburger. Think about a hamburger you make at a cookout. We always start with a bun. Then we add a hamburger and our favorite condiments. We might add lettuce, tomato, cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, onions, or pickles. We all make hamburgers our own way!

What does this have to do with identifying the main idea? The bun is the main idea. Everything else is a detail.

Another way to think about the main idea is to picture a stool. The seat is the main idea since it is the largest part of the stool and each of the legs is a detail.

Stated and Unstated Main Ideas

Sometimes the author tells the reader the main idea. Often it's expressed in the first sentence, but it can be anywhere in a passage. When a main idea is written, it's known as a stated main idea. Other times we have to figure out the main idea from clues the author gives us. This is known as an unstated main idea, or implied main idea.

Let's look at two examples. Here's the first:

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main idea: lesson for kids - video & lesson transcript | study.com

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Main Idea: Lesson for Kids - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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Sharon listened to her teacher read a book. When her teacher finished, she asked Sharon to tell her the main idea of the story. Sharon didn't have a clue. Do you know what 'main idea' means? Authors have a message for readers in every passage or story.

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This website is another resource full of games for main ideas that reach all levels.This is great to use in a classroom with students of different levels as they can work at their own difficulty level.

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Identify the Main Idea Games for Kids Online - SplashLearn

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Interactive identify the main idea for pre-Kindergarten to grade 5 kids online aligned with Common Core Standards. SplashLearn is an award-winning learning program used by more than 40 million children.

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This is a great tool for beginning to learn about main idea. It is a website full of activities set up as worksheets. there are multiple passages available to read with following quizzes to take about the passages.

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Mr. Nussbaum Lang. Arts Main Idea Activities

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This section contains printable and online reading comprehension passages and question sets that focus on main idea.

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This is a website full of games for finding the main idea! It has an abundance of different grade level activities so it is versatile for all grade levels. It even has activities for things other than main idea!

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IXL brings learning to life with 63 different main idea skills. Engaging questions and fun visuals motivate students to master new concepts.

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This is a website that students can use to watch a video and take a quiz on main idea. It goes over all the necessary things needed to know and can be used in multiple different ways. Can be used to quiz students or used as instruction in the classroom.

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This activity is a great way to learn about supporting details. The students will read a book/passage and the main idea is the taco shell. After they have the main idea on the taco shell, they will write supporting details on the taco toppings. Students could also find the main idea and details of a video and digitally fill out the worksheet.

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https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/MainIdea/play.html

This website is full of games about main idea. This is a fun and interactive way for students to get to know main idea. It has passages and multiple answers for students to choose from.

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Main Idea BP

This video is a brain pop that will help students learn about Main Idea along with supporting details of text. This will be a great tool to use when beginning to learn main idea of texts.