Informational Text Detectives: Main Idea, Details, and Text Features – 3rd Grade

Description

Overview

These two connected 45-minute Grade 3 Language Arts lessons use the worksheet-supplied informational article. Lesson 1 focuses on identifying the article's main idea and supporting details. Lesson 2 builds on that work by using diagrams, maps, and charts in the same article to explain meaning. No separate student reading passage is included in this plan.

What Students Will Learn

• Determine main idea and supporting details in an article.
• Use diagrams, maps, and charts to explain meaning.

What Is Included

• Teacher Guide
• Student Workbook
• Lesson 1: Finding the Main Idea and Supporting Details
• Read: Monarch Butterflies on the Move
• Write Main-Idea Sentences
• Vocabulary Review
• Lesson 2: Using Diagrams, Maps, and Charts to Explain Meaning
• Explain a Text Feature
• Choose the Correct Vocabulary Word
• Read About the School Garden Map and Chart

Lesson Overview

• Lesson 1: Finding the Main Idea and Supporting Details (45 minutes)
• Lesson 2: Using Diagrams, Maps, and Charts to Explain Meaning (45 minutes)

Designed For

3rd Grade students studying Informational Text and Text Features in Language Arts.

File Format

One downloadable ZIP containing two printable PDF files. The Teacher Guide contains 26 pages and the Student Workbook contains 8 pages.