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Grade 4 ELA lesson plan: Main idea & supporting details

Topic: Main idea and supporting details (RI.4.2). Adjust the settings, then copy the prompt.

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Prerequisite skills to check: identifying the topic of a short text; retelling key details (RI.3.2); telling informational text apart from stories.

Key vocabulary: main idea, supporting detail, topic, summary, informational text.

Warm-up idea: Read a short headline-free news paragraph and have students write the headline they think fits.

Exit ticket idea: Students read a short informational paragraph, state its main idea in one sentence, and list two supporting details.

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