ela · Grade 3
Main Idea & Supporting Details: Monarch Butterfly Migration
Master identifying central main ideas versus supporting evidence in informational text about the miraculous multi-generational monarch migration.
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Learning goals
- Determine the main idea of an informational text
- Recount key details and explain how they support the primary main idea
- Distinguish between minor supporting facts and the central message
Before you begin
Find explicit details in a short nonfiction passage.
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Practice previewMain Idea & Supporting Details: Monarch Butterfly Migration
Practice · Independent · 15 min
Master identifying central main ideas versus supporting evidence in informational text about the miraculous multi-generational monarch migration.
Teaching and response guide
- Model the target skill: determine the main idea of an informational text. Use the first task as a guided example before asking for an independent response.
- Check readiness first: Find explicit details in a short nonfiction passage.
- Discuss an incorrect response using this distinction: One interesting butterfly fact is a supporting detail; the main idea should cover several details.
Watch for: One interesting butterfly fact is a supporting detail; the main idea should cover several details.
Check the answer criteria for each task. A supported explanation may have more than one acceptable response. These activities offer evidence to discuss; completing a sheet alone does not establish mastery.
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