ALEX Classroom Resources

ALEX Classroom Resources  
   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (2) 24 :
24. Identify the main idea and supporting details of literary and informational texts.

a. Explain how the supporting details contribute to the main idea.

b. Recount or summarize key ideas from the text.
[ELA2021] (3) 19 :
19. Determine the explicit or implied main idea and supporting details of a text.

a. Explain how supporting details contribute to the main idea, using textual evidence.

b. Recount or summarize the key ideas from the text.

Subject: English Language Arts (2 - 3)
Title: Slime Lab
URL: https://www.roomrecess.com/games/SlimeLab/play.html
Description:

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.



   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (2) 24 :
24. Identify the main idea and supporting details of literary and informational texts.

a. Explain how the supporting details contribute to the main idea.

b. Recount or summarize key ideas from the text.
Subject: English Language Arts (2)
Title: Main Idea
URL: https://www.roomrecess.com/Lessons/MainIdeaDetails/Video.html
Description:

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.



   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (0) 28 :
28. With prompting and support, use text clues to determine main ideas and make predictions about an ending in a literary text.
[ELA2021] (1) 21 :
21. Identify the main topic and key details of literary and informational texts.
[ELA2021] (2) 24 :
24. Identify the main idea and supporting details of literary and informational texts.

a. Explain how the supporting details contribute to the main idea.

b. Recount or summarize key ideas from the text.
Subject: English Language Arts (K - 2)
Title: How to Find the Main Idea and Supporting Details - Reading Skills for Beginners
URL: https://youtu.be/42SJTk2XSi4
Description:

Help students learn how to find the main idea and supporting details in a text with this fun, engaging animation video.



   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (2) 24 :
24. Identify the main idea and supporting details of literary and informational texts.

a. Explain how the supporting details contribute to the main idea.

b. Recount or summarize key ideas from the text.
Subject: English Language Arts (2)
Title: How to Teach Main Idea
URL: https://youtu.be/S-1DZWNVBT4
Description:

This instructional cartoon provides an entertaining and informative animation to help introduce students to Main Idea or Main Topic.



   View Standards     Standard(s): [SC2015] (2) 7 :
7 ) Obtain information from literature and other media to illustrate that there are many different kinds of living things and that they exist in different places on land and in water (e.g., woodland, tundra, desert, rainforest, ocean, river).

[ELA2021] (2) 24 :
24. Identify the main idea and supporting details of literary and informational texts.

a. Explain how the supporting details contribute to the main idea.

b. Recount or summarize key ideas from the text.
Subject: Science (2), English Language Arts (2)
Title: Worms at Work!
URL: https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/reach-with-stem-worms-at-work/worms-at-work/
Description:

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.



   View Standards     Standard(s): [SC2015] (2) 7 :
7 ) Obtain information from literature and other media to illustrate that there are many different kinds of living things and that they exist in different places on land and in water (e.g., woodland, tundra, desert, rainforest, ocean, river).

[ELA2021] (2) -3 :
R3. Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing.
[ELA2021] (2) 24 :
24. Identify the main idea and supporting details of literary and informational texts.

a. Explain how the supporting details contribute to the main idea.

b. Recount or summarize key ideas from the text.
Subject: Science (2), English Language Arts (2)
Title: Animals of Africa
URL: https://www.readworks.org/article/Animals-of-Africa/577902be-d38a-4a36-ac92-6eaedcd531a7#!articleTab:content/
Description:

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. 



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