
Main Idea ESOL Lesson
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English
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4th Grade
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Easy
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Main Idea
AKS Activity
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Teacher Example: I Do
Some kinds of bats eat many insects. Some bats can eat up to 600 mosquitos in one hour. Bats are helpful to the environment. They help us by eating insects. Without bats, we would have too many insects.
Algunos tipos de murciélagos comen muchos insectos. Algunos murciélagos pueden comerse hasta 600 mosquitos en una hora. Los murciélagos son útiles para el medio ambiente. Nos ayudan comiendo insectos. Sin murciélagos, tendríamos demasiados insectos.
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What is the Main Idea?
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Teacher Example: I Do
Some kinds of bats eat many insects. Some bats can eat up to 600 mosquitos in one hour. Bats are helpful to the environment. They help us by eating insects. Without bats, we would have too many insects.
The Main Idea is of the text is that Bats are helpful to the environment. In the text it says bats eat many insects and without bats there would be too many insects. The text also says that bats are helpful to the environment.
La idea principal del texto es que los murciélagos son útiles para el medio ambiente. En el texto dice que los murciélagos comen muchos insectos y sin murciélagos habría demasiados insectos. El texto también dice que los murciélagos son útiles para el medio ambiente.
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The rain began early in the morning. It fell as hard drops, one after another. Lightning crashed every few minutes, making the sky flash white. The storm was very scary.
La lluvia comenzó temprano en la mañana. Cayó como gotas duras, una tras otra. Los relámpagos se estrellaban cada pocos minutos, haciendo que el cielo se volviera blanco. La tormenta fue muy aterradora.
The Storm
We Do: Teachers and Student
What is the Main Idea? What is a supporting detail? Write in your ELA journals.
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Open Ended
Bats are mammals. Bats have fur on their body like other mammals. Some people think bats are birds because they fly but bats are mammals.
What is the main idea and why? Write 2 or more sentences.
A. Bats are mammals
B. Bats can fly
Los murciélagos son mamíferos. Los murciélagos tienen pelo en el cuerpo como otros mamíferos. Algunas personas piensan que los murciélagos son pájaros porque vuelan, pero los murciélagos son mamíferos.
¿Cuál es la idea principal y por qué? Escribe 2 o más oraciones.
A. Los murciélagos son mamíferos.
B. Los murciélagos pueden volar
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Open Ended
Tim has an old dog. Summer is the dog's name. Summer is a small dog. Tim loves Summer so much. Summer has a fat belly.
What is the main idea and why? Write 2 or more sentences.
A. Summer is the dog's name
B. Summer the dog
Tim tiene un perro viejo. Verano es el nombre del perro. El verano es un perro pequeño. Tim ama tanto a Summer. El verano tiene una barriga gorda.
¿Cuál es la idea principal y por qué? Escribe 2 o más oraciones.
A. Summer es el nombre del perro.
B. Verano el perro
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