Graphic Organizers to guide/assess NONFICTION READING
Science     Social Studies

Nonfiction Main Idea Developers

A Way to Analyze Paragraphs to Figure Out the Main Idea of a Nonfiction Text

Identify the Main Idea--NONFICTION

Main Idea Analyzer

Answer the Big Question with Evidence

Answer the Big Question with Citation of Evidence

Explain Ideas with Examples

Exhibit Science Ideas

Artists' Ideas about Art   figure out central ideas  grades 6-12

I Can Infer the Main Idea of a History

I Can Infer the Main Idea When I Read (Primary)

I Can Infer the Main Idea When I Read

Get It Together—Show What’s Important  English   / Spanish

I Can Infer the Main Idea of a Passage

I Can Infer the Main Idea of a History

I can comprehend a paragraph, then a page/section in a text

Paragraph Reader: I Can Infer the Main Idea

I Can Identify and Support the Main Idea in Nonfiction—one page postable questions

Picture the Main Idea English / Spanish

Picture Planner

 

Readers use strategies to figure out the main idea of a nonfiction passage

 


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