6h-Grade Focus Standards:

  ● 6.RL.2.2
  ● 6.W.6.1e
  ● 6.RN.2.2   

The Big Ideas:

  ● Main idea/Central idea
  ● Complex sentences 
  ● Compound sentences 

“I can” Statements:

I can identify the main idea and supporting details by asking important questions during reading.

I can use a variety of sentences in my writing.

I can identify the central idea and supporting details of a text.
 
 

7th-Grade Focus Standards:

●7.RN.3.2
●7.RN.2.2 
●7.RL.2.3

The Big Ideas:

●Main idea
●Central idea  
●Text structures   
“I can” Statements:

I can identify and explain the main idea in a work of literature.

I can analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text.

I can identify and explain the central idea in a given text.
 
 

8th-Grade Focus Standards:

●8.RL.2.2
●8.RN.3.2
●8.RN.2.2

The Big Ideas:

●Main idea 
●Central idea 
●Text structure
“I can” Statements:

I can tie a main idea of a text together with its supporting details.

I can identify the central idea in a given text.

I can analyze the structure in a given text.
 
 
 
 
 
Tuesday Morning Content PLC Focus:
●Student Data Tracking 
●Achieve3000 Followup: 
●Close reading and note-taking
●“Thought Question” Strategies
●Ms. Jessica Swisher 
 
 
 
 
Current Assessments:
○ SRI window is open. 
○ Cycle 1B minis will be on Canvas and ready for you starting on Wednesday. 
 
 
 
 
 

Main Idea / Central Idea  Vs.  Theme

Task Cards

Engage your students in understanding the difference between the main idea of a story and the theme of a story with these 16 unique, DIFFERENTIATED task cards!

The cards include 16 original stories:

Set #1 includes a prompt card encouraging students to see the difference between main idea and theme as well as 16 half page cards. 

Set #2 includes the same 16 stories with 3 options, one is the theme, one is the main idea, and one is simply an event from the story. The students use the multiple choice options to determine the main idea and theme of the passage.

You can also use these task cards and passages to simply teach theme or main idea, independent of one another.

Click here and enjoy this wonderful resource. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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