Main Idea Mini Lessons
It doesn’t matter what grade you teach, main idea is always on your lesson plans sometime in the year. This reading skill is important as it helps students take important facts or events from a text, summarize them, and understand the author’s most important message. But teaching main idea can be hard and many students aren’t successful at this skill right away. One problem is that teachers can only think of certain ways to break down and teach the skill and then run out of ideas. I’ve got you covered! I’m sharing 5 main idea mini lessons just for you! Mini-lessons are a great way to teach reading skills just like main idea. You can also use these tips and tricks or mentor texts too!
