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Main Idea and Supporting Details
By ProgressiveBridges
This is a tutorial on finding the main idea and supporting details in a paragraph. The teacher in the video analyzes a paragraph for its main idea and supporting details
Main Idea – Learn Comprehension – Learning Upgrade
By Learning Upgrade
This catchy song helps students recognize when a question is asking them to state the main idea.
eSpark Learning: Determining Main Idea Instructional Video (4.RI.2)
By eSparkLearningVideos
eSpark Learning: Determining Main Idea Instructional Video (4.RI.2)
eSpark Learning: Main Idea Instructional Video (3.RI.2)
By eSparkLearningVideos
This video explains how to identify the main idea and to find key details in an informative text. It models these reading strategies with an example text and graphic organizer.
eSpark Learning: Main Idea Instructional Video (3.RI.2)
By eSparkLearningVideos
This video explains how to identify the main idea and to find key details in an informative text. It models these reading strategies with an example text and graphic organizer.
Main Ideas and Supporting Details
By Brook Brayman
Video demonstration of how to read for main idea and supporting details. Shows students how to skim and scan as a pre-reading strategy. Shows students how to summarize based on the main idea and supporting details graphic organizer.
Finding Main Ideas and Supporting Details Example
By ProgressiveBridges
This is a tutorial on finding the main idea and supporting details in a paragraph. The teacher in the video analyzes a paragraph for its main idea and supporting details.
Main Idea & Supporting Details
By Emily Hershey
In this video lesson, students learn about how to find the main idea and supporting details of a passage.
Location of the main idea sentence
By Snap Language
This video explains how to find the stated and implied main idea while reading a paragraph.
eSpark Learning: Determining Main Idea Framing Video (4.RI.2 Quest 5)
By eSparkLearningVideos
eSpark Learning: Determining Main Idea Framing Video (4.RI.2 Quest 5)
Finding Main Ideas and Supporting Details Example
By Progressivebridges
A simple explanation and example of finding the main idea and supporting details in a paragraph.
eSpark Learning: Main Ideas Framing Video (FA13, 5RI, Quest 5)
By eSparkLearningVideos
eSpark Learning: Main Ideas Framing Video (FA13, 5RI, Quest 5)
Location of the main idea sentence
By Snap Language
This video explains how to find the stated and implied main idea while reading a paragraph.
Understand Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas
By H Ortiz
This video explains how details support a main idea, how to choose details most relevant to a main idea, how transitions lead the reader through a paragraph, and how to identify an implied main idea.
3rd Grade Main Idea Lesson
By Massachusetts DESE
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea
Main Ideas and Supporting Details (Part 2)
By Brook Brayman
Video demonstration of how to read for main idea and supporting details. Shows students how to skim and scan as a pre-reading strategy. Shows students how to summarize based on the main idea and supporting details graphic organizer.
eSpark Learning: Main Idea Instructional Video (3.RI.2)
By esparklearning videos
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Implied main ideas and a reading strategy to figure them out
By Snap Language
This video demonstrates the reading comprehension skill of finding the main idea in a text. It shows how the supporting details point towards a main idea that might not be directly stated.
How to Identify the Main Idea With Signal Words : English & Writing Lessons
By eHowEducation
This brief lesson shows some key transition words used in writing that can also help emphasize the main idea of a paragraph.
How to Identify the Main Idea With Signal Words : English & Writing Lessons
By eHowEducation
This brief lesson shows some key transition words used in writing that can also help emphasize the main idea of a paragraph.