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Finding the Main Idea - Blank Template
Free | 1 page|Grades: 3 - 6A worksheet to use when teaching students how to find the main idea of a text.
Use this generic worksheet when teaching students how to find the main idea in an informational text.
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Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
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