Becoming Experts Through Informational Text · Informational Reading

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Identifying the primary focus of a multi paragraph text and the specific points that support it.

Key Questions

  1. 1What is the most important thing the author wants us to know?
  2. 2How do the small details work together to support the big idea?
  3. 3Can a text have more than one important point?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.2CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.8
Grade: 2nd Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Becoming Experts Through Informational Text
Period: Informational Reading

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