Common Core
3.6.G
8 lessons teach this standard. Every lesson is interactive, and every one prints as a worksheet with a separate answer key.
Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 1 · Lesson 1
The one idea that holds every sentence together.
Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 1 · Lesson 2
Telling a Detail from the Main Idea
Details are true, and that is exactly what makes them tempting.
Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 1 · Lesson 3
Often the main idea is not written anywhere. You have to build it.
Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 1 · Lesson 4
Each paragraph has one. The whole text has one above them.
Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 2 · Lesson 1
Summarizing is deciding, not shortening.
Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 2 · Lesson 2
A summary in the wrong order says something the text did not.
Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 2 · Lesson 3
Keep the chain of causes, and nothing else.
Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 2 · Lesson 4
Main idea first, then the reasons it stands on.