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Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Apply and Create

Find a main idea and connect details to it. A focused apply activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.

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A Garden Changes

A school garden gives children several ways to learn. They count seeds before planting. They measure plants as they grow. They watch insects visit flowers. Children also write notes about what they observe. The garden is more than a place to grow food; it is a place to explore.

Use what you learned to explain, construct or apply an idea.

1.Explain how one detail supports the main idea.

2.Write a two-sentence summary.

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A Garden Changes

Use what you learned to explain, construct or apply an idea.

1.Explain how one detail supports the main idea.

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Uses a relevant detail.
Explains its connection.

One possible response: They measure plants as they grow. supports the passage because it gives an example of the main idea.

2.Write a two-sentence summary.

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Keeps the main idea.
Avoids unrelated opinions.

One possible response: States the main idea and one or two important details.

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Review the key words and representations in Main Ideas and Supporting Details. Use the Explore activity to check readiness before removing support.

How to use this worksheet

Begin with: What is the passage mostly about?
Connect the response to: State the main idea in one sentence.
Ask students to apply the idea: Explain how one detail supports the main idea.

A common mistake to discuss

Choosing one interesting detail as the whole main idea.

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Revisit the unit goals. Use the criteria to identify a specific response to improve; this activity alone does not establish mastery.

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