Main Idea and Key Details Print and Digital 4th and 5th Grades

3 Main Idea Matching Worksheets:
Pandas
Amelia Earhart
The Revolutionary War

32 Main Idea Task Cards (plus student record sheet)
Main Idea Bag Activity with Picture Cards
Main Idea Sorting Game (30 cards)

10 Anchor Charts
10 Graphic Organizers
Answer Keys
Teacher Notes PDF with LINKS

SAVE MORE and GET MORE with the Ultimate Reading Skills Companion for 4th and 5th Grade!!! (Click Here) It has 10 essential reading units to supplement your reading curriculum for 4th and 5th grade reading standards!

Here are the units included in the Ultimate Reading Skills Companion for 4th and 5th Grade!
Main Idea
Characters, Settings, and Events: Story Elements
Compare and Contrast
Elements of Poetry, Drama, and Prose
Text Evidence
Inferences Using Informational Text
Inferences Using Literature
Theme
Cause and Effect
Informational Text Structures

Why you’ll love this resource:

• It makes teaching the main idea so much easier! No more searching for resources!
• It includes main idea passages, some requiring short answers and others with multiple-choice answers.
• This unit also includes a digital version for Google Classroom™!
• There are a variety of formats included, from passages, games, task cards, activities, graphic organizers, and more!
• The passages are high-interest ones your students will enjoy, like Disneyland’s First Day!
• The printables are low prep for busy teachers!
• It’s easy to plan and assign for distance learning.
• It may be used in a number of ways, from whole-class and small-group lessons to independent work, literacy centers, exit slips, homework, whole-class games, test prep, and more!!!

Need Main Idea for third grade?
Main Idea 3rd Grade

Want more main idea activities? This one has 5 leveled passages (3 levels for each), 3 games, and 3 sets of task cards:
Main Idea Kit for 3rd – 5th Grades

Looking for completely digital Main Idea units for Google Classroom? These have original content and are interactive with moveable pieces:
3rd Grade Digital Reading Unit: Main Idea for Google Slides™
4th Grade Digital Reading Unit: Main Idea for Google Slides™
5th Grade Digital Reading Unit: Main Idea for Google Slides™

Thanks!
Jenn

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