Main Idea and Summarizing in COLOR

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Learning how to find the main idea can be hard and learning to summarizing can be down right daunting to kids! This packet has students use a color coding technique to identify the main idea and then learn to construct summaries!
There are 10 non-fiction passages on the following topics:
- The Human Skeleton
- Volcanoes
- Odd Dog Breeds
- Conversation Hearts
- Seahorses
- Butterflies
- Starfish
- Gummy Candies
- Stinky Cheese
- What is a Hashtag
* There is a main idea answer key for each of these passages!
There are also 8 non-fiction task cards to practice finding the main idea.
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Bonus, these passages are great for working on comprehension
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