Understanding how to support a point is important both in reading and writing. In Slime Lab, you're in control of a crazy scientist with a slime gun. His laboratory is overrun by robots and other traps. Try and find all 3 supporting details for the main idea through 10 levels of sci-fi adventure.
Finding the main idea of a paragraph is an important skill for elementary students. Being able to do so, shows that children are progressing beyond simple fluency and beginning to read for understanding. This video will help students find the main idea of a paragraph. The learning resource also has a quiz, worksheet, and game available to check for understanding.
Help students learn how to find the main idea and supporting details in a text with this fun, engaging animation video.
This instructional cartoon provides an entertaining and informative animation to help introduce students to Main Idea or Main Topic.
Get close-up and grossed-out as you learn about the wonderful way worms work in our environment. Learn vermicomposting, and dig into how an author may write text to support his or her point of view.
The teacher will present an informational text from the website, ReadWorks. The students and teacher can interact with this non-fiction text by annotating the text digitally. The students will answer the questions associated with the article as an assessment. This learning activity can be used to introduce students to the varying habitats of living things, serve as reinforcement after students have already learned this concept, or be used as an assessment at the conclusion of a lesson. This resource also provides an eBook of the article with corresponding illustrations.