Lesson Plan: Main Idea - Seals
Subject: ELA- Reading
Grade: 4
Lesson Objective: To identify the main idea and the supporting details in a text about seals and to write a summary of that text
Common Core Standard: 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.
Materials:
Starter:
Say:
- How do you know what you are reading about when you are reading an informational text? (Allow the students to answer.)
Main:
Say:
- One of the ways that you can figure out what you are reading about is by looking at the title, especially when you are reading an informational or nonfiction text.
- If the title is, “All About Alligators,” what do you think you will be reading about? (Allow the students to answer.)
- The sentences that you read will then be about the topic that the title states. Key details give us information about the topic.
- If you were reading about alligators, some of the key details might be about where they live, what they eat and how many babies they have.
- Raise your hand if you know what a summary is. (Allow the students to answer.)
- A summary is a few sentences that explain what the main idea and the key details of a text are.
- For example, a summary about the alligator text would be, “Alligators are large reptiles that live in fresh water. They eat fish, turtles and birds. Alligators lay 20-50 eggs at one time. They use their tail to move themselves through water.”
- When writing a summary, you write the main idea and a few key details so that someone who hasn’t read the same text that you have would know what it was about.
- Now, you are going to be reading about seals. You will find the main idea and key details. You will also be writing a summary of what you read.
- Does anyone have any questions?
Feedback:
Say:
- Who would like to share your answers? (Allow the students to share and go over the answers.)
Written by Kimberly Greacen, Education World® Contributing Writer
Kimberly is an educator with extensive experience in curriculum writing and developing instructional materials to align with Common Core State Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy.
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