In order to understand and express the main idea of a passage, the reader must not only comprehend the text but also make connections within the content and find overarching ideas. Lafs question task cards grade 4 walton county school. Many students have difficulties identifying main ideas in nonfiction texts. Identifying the main idea is a tricky skill to learn. Be sure students understand that the title should summarize the main idea. To further complicate the process, the reader may also have to recognize and disregard nonessential information. Display your task cards in a highly visible part of the classroom, showing two must do task cards and a range of can do options. The task cards would stay nice and contained, and they would be easy to find and keep neat when kids were using them. Design a question that requires students to find the main idea of the. Print social studies task cards on colored paper preferably red and blue to distinguish the edited task cards from the language arts task cards. Give each student a prompt card page 3 then a task card pages 411. Phonological awareness and phonics student center activities 2. Read the passages, identify the main idea, and create appropriate titles for each passage.
This set includes 12 paragraphs for students to read and state the main idea, as well as 12 photographs for students to view and identify the main idea. Design a question using a stem from the matching benchmark task card. See more ideas about task cards, first grade and teaching. Informational text, the teacher should focus on questions. Engage your students in understanding the difference between the main idea of a story and the theme of a story with these 16 unique, differentiated task cards.
To further develop their skills, ask the class to write a few sentences explaining why they chose the answer they selected as well as why the other responses were. Or, have all of the students in your class use all of the cards. Read each passage and ask yourself, what is the author doing in this paragraph. These 4 sets of 48 main idea and details task cards are great to use for reinforcing concepts taught, as well as challenging your early finishers. I created a flip flap page to adhere the task cards to so we could add them to our. If its a 1943 copper penny, it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars. Thousands of upper elementary teachers are using these summarizing task cards. Comprehension strategy teaching resource pack finding. Or, have the students match the logical inference and provide an explanation as to why the incorrect inference is illogical. Write your answer in the summary box and then think of an appropriate title for the passage based on the main idea of the passage. Selection file type icon file name description size revision time user. Printable task cards for teachers super teacher worksheets. The task questions can be written on a whiteboard, powerpoint slide or any other method which allows all students to view the questions. Reading strategy task cards free i have this idea that if a teacher who has never used task cards tries them, she will love them so much that she will simply have to get more.
You can use these cards in small group discussions or have the students work in pairs. Fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension student center activities 3. I designed these task cards when my students were having a difficult time distinguishing the difference between main idea and theme. Elementary lafs question task cards grade 4 office of academics and transformation, department of english language arts, 20142015 932014 lafs. The first set should be used with students who are ready to generate their own main ideas and themes.
Find the main idea worksheets and practice questions. The use of scaffolds for teaching higherlevel cognitive. Main idea details south hackensack school district. Which statement best describes the lessonmoral of this story. Printable task cards for teaching addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, geometry, and more. Get a free sample of winterthemed nonfiction reading passages that students can use to practice finding the main idea and supporting details.
How to use task cards sign up for an account at to access task cards below task cards updated. Once upon a time, during a time after all the happilyeverafters, and perhaps even after the everafters after that, all the evil villains of the world were banished from the united kingdom of auradon and imprisoned on the isle of the lost. These cards can be used for learning centers, classroom games, or smart board document cameras. I absolutely love them and i think i have purchased every single one of rachel lynettes and teaching with a mountain view. Lafs question task cards grade 5 walton county school. We highlighted each main idea in the same color and their reasons for why the. They loved working with this flip flap book on main idea. I have this idea that if a teacher who has never used task cards tries them, she will love them so much that she will simply have to get more.
It is the central point that an author is trying to get across to the reader. Use these task cards to get kids practicing how to find the main idea and supporting details. Main idea what would be another good title for the article. Las puedes usar oralmente en grupos pequenos, o individualmente en. Youve got to put it all together to find the main idea. Elementary lafs question task cards grade 5 932014 3 office of academics and transformation, department of english language arts, 20142015 lafs. And they build great scaffolding for the teststyle summaries students will encounter. Comprehension strategy teaching resource pack finding the.
A challenge card which can be used with any other card in the set is also included to extend the learning. Students are given supporting details and have to come up with the main idea. Use this set of 24 free reading strategy task cards to help your students practice these important skills. This activity is perfect for centers or small groups. I love the idea of being able to pull out the container with the cards and put it in the center. Each task card has a high interest, short informational text passage and asks students to identify the main idea. This complete set includes two different main idea and details learning centers and 12 colorful main idea task cards. Using all of the cards will strengthen each students understanding about point of view. Index these activities were designed as small group activities to provide students with additional opportunities to practice skills that were previously instructed. Main idea task cards freebie reading main idea, reading.
Mastering main idea using task cards simply skilled teaching. Provided by zoila esquivel moreno, district coach, and the early literacy cadre team at san jose unified school district. The students read the text selection and underlined the main idea on the task card. Use the task cards as an independent station activity or with a small group. The main idea in a paragraph is the most important idea. They used this free graphic organizer from wendy gilstrap on teachers pay teachers. Teachers resource center task cards cartersville georgia. I like to have my students work on coming up with the main idea using their own words rather than choosing a specific. A set of comprehension task cards to help students find the main idea when reading. Context clues task cards instructions for making the cards 1. Main idea task cards freebie reading classroom, teaching. Reading for information grades 23 student center activities aligned to the common core state standards go to. It may be advantageous to print group 1 in red, group 2 in blue, etc. Wish list determining the main idea, task cards and assessment option.
Comprehension task cards finding the main idea teach starter. Main idea task cards freebie by roller kiddie teachers. While totally useful as a standalone activity, this set of task cards is kind of a sampler of some of. Students practice main idea using a web graphic organizer in a variety of ways. I decided to go ahead and use these containers to organize the task cards that i most often used in centers. These main idea task cards will provide your students or child plenty of practice. Choose characters, add conversation, and bring your story to life. Keep in mind that the main idea is often the first or last sentence of a paragraph. This massive main idea task card bundle is a collection of 9 sets of main idea and details task cards. Main idea is definitely a tricky concept to teach, so i made these main idea task cards for members of the measured mom plus. I introduce the skill of main idea using rachels task cards in my reading group. Choose instruments, add sounds, and press keys to play music. These 20 key idea task cards are perfect for staar test prep or standardized.
They include the same stories, but there are three options, one includes the main idea and one includes the theme. Unseens task cards may 2012 alliterations task cards alphabetical. That is one reason why i made this set of free reading strategies task cards. The third question asks students to revisit the main idea by choosing the best title for the paragraph. Main idea and theme are tricky topics that your students can master with this resource. Have students work in their nonfiction book to complete the main idea and supporting detail graphic organizer. Students are given the main idea and have to come up with supporting details. Feb 8, 2015 this resource teaches kids to find the main idea of a text and the supporting details to that main idea. In the second game main idea match up, students match the main ideas with the details.
Elementary question task cards mdcps language artsreading, updated september 2005 supporting details. The learning centers and task cards are nonfiction and fiction and integrate social studies, science, and reading instruction. Tell about the story in one sentence using those words. Reading response task cards for fiction and nonfiction texts. Main idea task cards are a wonderful way for students to practice the skill of acquiring the most important information in a passage. Main idea task cards by brainy explorers academy tpt. This set was created by combining cards from six other reading strategy task card sets. Use the main idea task cards to practice identifying the main idea of a resource. A new task card organization solution teaching with a. Task cards are great for literacy stations, the end of guided reading, or keep a basket ready for when kids are all done with their work. Not exclusively asked to identify the speaker of narrators point of view. Students are given several related words and have to determine which word represents the main idea. Summarizing strategies and task cards teamtom education.
Print desired numbers of copies on the colored paper. Thanks so rachel lynette for creating a great resource. The dog wishes he could go outside and play in the snow. When you download this resource, it comes in both us and british english spellings and printing sizes. I have been creating task cards for my students that include a qr code with the answer. Cards 119 3rd4th grade levels cards 2036 5th8th grade levels how to assemble print the task cards onto cardstock paper or. Animate the letters of your name, initials, or favorite word.
For some students, these types of task cards are a little more complex than the plot diagrams. Each student in the pair solves a task card and then switch their cards. I have become obsessed with using task cards in my classroom. Then, they cut the flaps and wrote the main idea on the inside and one of the supporting details that supports the main idea. Each card has an engaging passage about a particular animal. I included 2 different sets to meet the varying needs of your students.