Main Idea and Supporting Details Sorting Activity featuring Ice Cream Cones
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This main idea bundle has everything you need to keep your upper elementary and middle school students engaged as they read passages and identify the main idea and supporting details in the text. Several activities include test prep elements because main idea questions tend to appear frequently on sPrice $13.00Original Price $25.98Save $12.98
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Keep your kids engaged as they learn how details support the main idea with this main idea craftivity. Your students will match three detail sentences to each main idea sentence. The finished products can be used to make a creative bulletin board or school hallway display!
All of the MAIN IDEA CONES are related to ice cream topics. These are the main ideas:
Three ice cream flavors are clearly America's favorites.
The amount of milkfat determines how ice cream is labeled.
Ice cream can cause a sensation known as "brain freeze".
There are some unusual flavors of ice cream.
Citizens of America love their ice cream!
You can eat ice cream in various ways.
Each main idea sentence has three supporting detail SCOOPS of ice cream that the students must find and stack on their cone.
Procedure:
- Students color and cut out the cones and scoops of ice cream.
- Students read the main idea sentence on each cone and determine which supporting detail sentences (on scoops of ice cream) align with it.
- Once all of the ice cream pieces have been sorted into their respective groups, students form ice cream cones and glue them onto a sheet of construction paper.
Supporting Materials:
- Student-friendly directions that can be projected for students to refer to throughout the work time!
- Answer key
- A matching interactive notebook entry is included in this product. Two ice cream cones can be glued into students' reading notebooks for future student reference.
This activity is also available in a digital format. If you are interested in viewing the DIGITAL VERSION OF THIS CRAFTIVITY that is compatible with GOOGLE SLIDES, click here.
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This resource is also included in my Main Idea MEGA-BUNDLE. {CLICK HERE.}
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Check out my other main idea resources:
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By Deb Hanson
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