Main Idea in a Bag: Hands-On Practice with 10 Social Studies & Science Card Sets

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Description
Main ideas and supporting details are HARD concepts, especially if you are stuck reading a long, boring article. :) So, when introducing main idea to my ‘BIG’ 5th graders it had to be interactive. In this hands-on resource, students work in pairs to differentiated between the topic, main idea, and supporting details. This is a fantastic activity for modeling what main ideas, topics, and supporting details look and sound like. Additionally, this hands-on ‘game’ is a perfect transition into students identifying their own main ideas in a nonfiction passage.
Teacher Resources
- Notes to the Teacher
- A Picture Tutorial – Using This Resource
- Explaining Main Idea as a House
Anchor Charts
- Topic
- Main Idea
- Supporting Details
- The Main Idea ‘House’
Graphic Organizers
- Main Idea ‘House’ Recording Page
- Main Idea Mapping (2 details)
- Main Idea Mapping (3 details)
6 Social Studies Based Main Idea Sets
- Causes of the Civil War
- Causes of the Revolutionary War
- How 9/11 Changed America
- Important Inventors
- Famous Speeches that Changed America
- Words Have Power
5 Science Based Main Idea Sets
- Effects of Increased Technology
- Characteristics of Deserts
- Scorpion Adaptations
- Way to Go Green
- Animals that Travel in Groups
Happy teaching,
Catherine, The Brown-Bag Teacher