What’s Included- SEE PREVIEW

1. SCRIPTED LESSON PLANS: Step-by-step guidance for teaching the main idea and supporting details, including pacing and teacher prompts.

2. ANCHOR CHARTS: Visuals for Main Idea and Supporting Details.

3. MENTOR TEXT: Original mentor texts for modeling, plus a list of suggested published texts for additional practice, including the main idea for each.

4. DIFFERENTIATED PASSAGES so that every student can learn at their level.

• Two sets of engaging passages in three reading levels- below, average, and challenging.
• Differentiated graphic organizer (one with multiple choice and one as a blank organizer)

5. DIFFERENTIATED INTERACTIVE NOTES to build lasting comprehension strategies.

• Pre-written notes
• Sentence frames (fill-in-the-blank)
• Write in your own notes
• No cut-and-paste option (saves time)
• Mini-anchor charts (ideal for absent students)
• Digital notes

6. WORKSHEET-STYLE PRACTICE with short passages to identify the main idea.

7. TASK CARDS: 12 cards with short passages to review and reinforce learning. DIGITAL: THERE IS A SEPARATE LINK TO GOOGLE FORMS.

8. BLANK CHARTS/READING RESPONSE: Reusable graphic organizers for the main idea and supporting details use with any book or text.

9. STUDENT TRACKING FORM: Monitor progress and growth over time.

10. ASSESSMENT: Differentiated passages with open-ended comprehension questions for evaluating the main idea and support details.

11. OPTIONAL EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: Ideal for differentiation, early finishers, and project-based learning.

Teachers love this unit because it saves planning time, supports accountability in reading comprehension, builds confidence, and supports differentiation across multiple reading levels, helping students master one of the most essential reading skills for standardized testing and real-world literacy success.

Perfect for upper elementary classrooms, this main idea unit saves valuable prep time while helping students become confident, successful reader

★★★★★★ ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED

Please Note: All Google Links and answer keys are in the Teacher Printable PDF.

If you already have my STEP-BY-STEP THEME UNIT, you have a small version of this resource, but the practice and passages are different. This unit goes DEEPER into the skill, so most teacher purchase both units.

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