Main+Idea+and+Supporting+Details

Kristin Stark: kstark@cheektowagacentral.org Cheektowaga Central Pine Hill Primary Center

**Lesson**
 * Grade 1 ELA/Science**
 * Animals**


 * Topic:** Reading Comprehension


 * Power Performance Indicator:** Identify main idea and supporting details in informational texts
 * Text Types:** Informational Text


 * Embedded Sk ills: **
 * Determine Author's Purpose
 * Interpret Graphic Organizers
 * Interpret Data, Charts and Graphs
 * Interpret Vocabulary
 * Recall Fact and Detail
 * Understand Text as a Whole
 * Construct Fluent Sentences
 * Generate Ideas/Brainstorm
 * Make Effective Word Choice
 * Use Conventions of English Language

** Animal Moms and Dads **
 * ** Purpose for **** Reading **** : ** The teacher will ask a child to read aloud the “Read to Find Out” question in the bookmark (//What do animal mom and dads do?//) //Let’s pay attention as we read to understand the main idea and details.// The teacher will encourage the students to set their own purpose for reading.
 * ** Main Idea and Details Chart: ** The students will read the story aloud while they follow along in their anthologies, tracking the print with their reading finger. As the students read the selection, the teacher will ask the students to identify details from the selection that support the main idea. The teacher will use Main Idea/Detail graphic organizer to record the details.

Using prior knowledge and information from //Animal Moms and Dads,// the students will generate a list of ways animal parents **protect** and **provide** for their young.
 * Ways Animals Protect || Ways Animals Provide ||
 * Keep them warm || Feed them ||
 * Defend them from other animals || Clean them ||
 * Carry them || Teach them ||

** How-to Sentences ** · ** Brainstorm: ** The teacher will remind the students that this week we have been talking about ways animals take care of their babies. //We know animals **protect** their babies. We also know they **provide** for them. Our families do those things for us, too.// · ** Pre-write: ** The students will take out their writing journals. The teacher will ask the students to draw a picture of a family member they would like to write about. The teacher will encourage the students to think about what kinds of things their family members do to take care of each other and include these in their pictures.
 * Draft: **  The teacher will have the students write two how-to sentences below their drawing. The sentences should tell how family members take care of each other.