Grade 4

Main idea and supporting details

Read a short passage, name the central idea, and separate it from extra detail.

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Ask what the whole paragraph is mostly about before picking smaller facts. A good main idea can cover all the important details in one line.

Read and think

Open one card at a time, read the text together, and use the audio button when hearing the line once helps.

Read and answer Text passage

Rina's class planted spinach, tomatoes, and beans in the school garden.

passage clue

Start by asking what the whole passage topic seems to be.

Example: The passage is about the class garden project.

Read and answer Text passage

They watered the plants every morning and measured growth each Friday.

supporting detail

This detail supports the garden topic.

Example: Watering and measuring are supporting details.

Read and answer Text passage

By the end of the month, the spinach leaves were ready to pick.

supporting detail

This tells one result from the garden work.

Example: The class could harvest spinach.

Read and answer Text passage

Main idea: The class cared for a school garden and watched the plants grow.

main idea

The main idea should include the whole activity, not one tiny fact.

Example: The garden project is the main idea.

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These next steps stay in the same stage so the child does not get sent backward.

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