Main idea using informational text the teacher next door. These main idea task cards will provide your students or child plenty of practi. Which statement best describes the lessonmoral of this story. Being able to identify the main idea in a text is an important comprehension strategy for students to understand. Give each student a prompt card page 3 then a task card pages 411. Explain that very often the main idea is stated in the first sentence of a paragraph. These cards can be used for learning centers, classroom games. Angry birds main idea game henry county public schools.
The chart below gives information about the levels of the task cards. Use cards 20 to 36 with proficient or advanced students elementary students. Picture cards use picture cards from core curriculum reading program or print media. The practice is leveled so that one set of the reading passages has multiple choice answers, and the other set of task cards are free response students must decide on the main idea indep. Your students or child will enjoy practicing main idea with these 28 engaging main idea task cards. This set comes with 30 task cards to use at a literacy center or for a 24 player game. Review the same skills with students at different ability levels simultaneously. I have become obsessed with using task cards in my classroom. Use the main idea task cards to practice identifying the main idea of a resource. A set of comprehension task cards to help students find the main idea when reading. I would love a copy of this and we could use it to. We all started with multiple choice task cards, which gave students three options, one of which was the theme, and the other was the main idea the third is just a detail from the story. The practice is leveled so that one set of the reading passages has multiple choice answers and the other set of task cards are free response students must decide on the main idea independently. Main idea is asked in a variety of ways using graphic organizers, openended questi.
Use cards 1 to 19 will lower ability middle school students. Main idea memory game task cards pdf for grades 2, 3, and 4. Lafs question task cards grade 5 walton county school. Main idea task card bundle 3 addresses key ideas, main messages, and main ideas and details across fiction and informational texts. Picture cards use picture cards from core reading program or print media. Activity students match sentences which describe pictures on a pocket chart. Printable task cards for teachers superteacherworksheets. I wanted to take some time today to share how i teach main idea to my studentsnot an easy taskbut doable using the right tools. These free task cards are designed to make differentiation and progress monitoring much easier.
Later, we started working on theme task cards using brief passages. The specific levels make it easier to monitor student progress. Elementary lafs question task cards grade 5 932014 3 office of academics and transformation, department of english language arts, 20142015 lafs. The resources on these pages are intended to support both intervention and enrichment. Informational text, the teacher should focus on questions. Tally the b answers and write it in the box beside the ice cream. Wish list determining the main idea, task cards and assessment option. Use these task cards to get kids practicing how to find the main idea and supporting details.
This massive main idea task card bundle is a collection of 9 sets of main idea and details task cards. Main idea and supporting details student will find the main idea, supporting details and extra information of each passage. Last modified on november 5, 2018 cambria heights middle school. Its also a part of the main idea task card mega bundle. Join 230,000 readers and get access to our exclusive subscriber library. For use in reinforcing students understanding of the main idea in reading comprehension. These offbeat, kid friendly topics make kids want to. Use the task cards as an independent station activity or with a small group. Task cards are an ideal tool to use in your whole group lessons, small groups, intervention groups, and centers.
Comprehension strategy teaching resource pack finding. Use this set of 24 free reading strategy task cards to help your students practice these important skills. Main idea task cards sam snuck into his sisters room an d carefully placed a package in her top dresser drawer. Add this set of 100 informational text cards to your classroom routine and watch students comprehension abilities skyrocket. The cards and appropriate questions should be selected based on the area the teacher wishes to target. I have been searching for a printable center for main idea and these task cards really seem to fit the bill. Fact or opinion task cards plain local school district. Main idea details south hackensack school district. Comprehension task cards finding the main idea teaching. When you have finished all 30 task cards, tally the number of a answers and write it in the box beside the milkshake. Ixl language arts main idea and supporting details lesson. This is the key point in the paragraph, just as colors is the key word in the example on the chalkboard. Main idea what would be another good title for the article.
Main idea and supporting details task cards 090320, 10. Free leveled main idea task cards lexile and guided. Her teacher had even drawn a sad face beside the grade. These task cards were for grades 36 so i only used them for my two highest reading groupswhich was perfect because they need a. Students practice main idea using a web graphic organizer in a variety of ways. Not exclusively asked to identify the speaker of narrators point of view. Names the two main characters in the story and writes each name at the top of the character map. Mastering main idea using task cards simply skilled teaching. Task cards teacher circulates relate to understanding information independent teacher circulates. Wish list determining the main idea, task cards and assessment option erica trobridge. As a new member of proteacher, i am excited that in the first 3 minutes, i found something i can use.
He had looked high and low for the ugliest, slimiest frog that he could find. For example, if the school improvement plan is targeting an increase in the reporting category of informational text, the teacher should focus on questions from those cards. Station 10 main idea task cards station 10 main idea task cards. Students love these task cards as an alternative to sitting down and doing a worksheet. Students are given supporting details and have to come up with the main idea. So i set out on my search for rachels main idea task cards and of course found the perfect set. One of the things i really like about these main idea task cards is that they have short informational text passages about things that kids enjoy, such as the invention of the potato chip or how the slinky was created by accident. How to use task cards sign up for an account at to access task cards below task cards updated. Each reproducible card contains a highinterest minipassage and five key questions to hone mustknow skillsin just 10 minutes a day. I just taught main idea this week, and i used the big idea light bulb analogy too. There are main idea task cards across multiple genres.
I designed these task cards when my students were having a difficult time distinguishing the difference between main idea and theme. I included 2 different sets to meet the varying needs of your students. Free informational text task cards teachers pay teachers. Students are given the main idea and have to come up with supporting details. You can get a list of all the task cards she created here. These 8 reading passages are designed for 3rd grade or 4th grade students to read and determine the main idea. Closingsummary discuss with students how understanding the main idea helps us as readers. Main idea task cards freebie education, literacy, main. Sentence strips write sentences that describe the pictures. The main idea memory game is perfect as a minilesson and even better when used as. He finds it pretty hard to sit still to write write anything, let alone focus on certain things to write about. M ain idea task card bundle 3 addresses key ideas, main messages, and main ideas and details across fiction and informational texts. Itll help you teach finding the main idea smarter, not harder.
If he draws a bird card, he comes up with the main idea of the passage. Main idea task cards freebie teaching main idea, 3rd grade. There are hundreds of ways these cards can be used, and the possibilities are limited only to your imagination. Great way for students to practice in a center, partners, or as a whole group. The first set should be used with students who are ready to generate their own main ideas and themes. Printable task cards for teaching addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, geometry, and more. The task cards can be used with primary source documents, works of. They can be used as a group activity or individually. Cards provide guided support to help students identify main idea, make inferences, sequence events, compare and contrast, determine. These 4 sets of 48 main idea and details task cards are great to use for reinforcing concepts taught, as well as challenging your early finishers. This teaching resource includes five comprehension task cards. Main idea read each paragraph and choose the main idea. This set includes 12 paragraphs for students to read and state the main idea, as well as 12 photographs for students to view and identify the main idea.
Good readers identify the main idea in order to understand what the author wants us to know. Or, have all of the students in your class use all of the cards. Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers. I absolutely love them and i think i have purchased every single one of rachel lynettes and teaching with a mountain view. Place picture cards vertically down the left side of the pocket chart. Students are given several related words and have to determine which word represents the main idea. Too bad i didnt have your cute stuff to go along with it. These task cards were for grades 36 so i only used them for my two highest reading groupswhich was perfect because they need a bit of a challenge during our group time.
Cards can be laminated so that students can circle the answers on the cards with dry erase markers. Main idea task cards can be used at centers welcome to esl printables, the website where english language teachers exchange resources. We highlighted each main idea in the same color and their reasons for why the. When his sister opens the top drawer, she will get a big surprise. Identifying the main idea is a tricky skill to learn. Being able to find the main idea is an important comprehension strategy for students to understand. Complete the task cards and record the answers on the chart below.
Click here and here to get to her main idea task cards. Based on all the information given, how does each piece contribute to the. These main idea task cards will provide your students or child plenty of practice. Main idea task cards freebie by roller kiddie teachers. I wanted to take some time today to share how i teach main idea to my students not an easy taskbut doable using the right tools.