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Find & Support the Main Idea: The Transcontinental Railroad

Don’t just stop at the main idea! Get ready to find supporting details as well. As your students complete this close reading exercise, they will learn about the Transcontinental Railroad while practicing their active reading skills.

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Grade

Fourth Grade

Subject

Reading & Writing

Reading Non-Fiction
- Non-Fiction Comprehension
  - Details in Non-Fiction Texts
  - Identifying the Main Topic in Non-Fiction Texts

Standards

RI.4.2

Standards

English Language Arts and Reading

Grade 3
- 3.6.G
- 3.9.D.i
Grade 4
- 4.6.G
- 4.9.D.i
Grade 5
- 5.6.G
- 5.9.D.i

Standards

English

Grade Three
- R.3.6.g
Grade Four
- R.4.6.c
Grade Five
- R.5.6.c

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Standards

English Language Arts

Grade 3
- 2.1.B.3
- 2.2.B.2
- 3.1.A.2
Grade 4
- 2.2.B.2
- 4.1.A.1

Standards

English

Key Stage 2 Year 5
- 2.2.A.1
Key Stage 2 Year 6
- 2.2.A.1
Key Stage 2 Year 4
- 2.2.A.1

Standards

Literacy and English

Third
- R.4.A.a
- R.4.2

Standards

Literacy and English

Third
- LIT-3.2.4.a.1

No standards associated with this content.

Standards

English

Year 3
- ACELY1680.e
Year 4
- ACELY1692.g

Standards

English

Level 3
- RV.VCELY257.5
Level 4
- RV.VCELY288.7

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Now that reading skills are more developed, second graders will move on to comprehension of informational text. This guided lesson supports this through an exploration of the main idea of a text, as well as the other text features, such as: captions, phtoographs, maps headings, subheadings, glossary, index, icons and graphs. Kids will look at two texts that cover the same topic, but in different ways.

Now that reading skills are more developed, second graders will move on to comprehension of informational text.

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