Central Idea and Supporting Evidence

Central Idea with supporting evidence

Recognize

3.9Di Students will recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including the central idea with supporting evidence.

Characteristics

Refer to Anchor Chart

Let's talk about the text features and how they support understanding.

Refer to Anchor Chart

What text features were included in our passage yesterday? How did they help you?

Central Idea

Today, we are going to identify key details to figure out the central idea of a text. Just like we looked at text features yesterday, we will use details to understand the author’s main point

Draw

The Central idea is How Butterflies Grow. Make a quick sketch of one part of a butterfly’s life cycle.

You need highlighter and pencil

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​Follow along on your paper

Multiple Choice

What is the correct way to write sentence 3?

• Maple leafs has 3-5 pointed lobes.

• Maple leaves have 3-5 pointed lobes.

• Maple leaves has 3-5 pointed lobs.

• Sentence 3 is written correctly in the text.

Multiple Choice

How does sentence 5 need to be changed?

• Change varieties to varietys

• Change grows to grow

• Change hour to our.

• No change is needed in sentence 5.

Multiple Choice

What change needs to be made in sentence 7?

• Change have to has

• Delete the comma after lobes.

• Change their to there.

• Change turns to turn.

Multiple Choice

What change should be made to sentence 10?

• Change Collecting to Collected.

• Change sap to saps.

• Change are called to is called.

• Change tapping to taping.

You need highlighter and pencil

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​Follow along on your paper

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 2?

• Change is to was.

• Change likes to like.

• Change replace to replaces.

• Change it to them.

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 6?

• Change use to uses.

• Change new to knew.

• Change for to from.

• Change his to him.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 8?

• Delete the comma after day.

• Change returns to return.

• Change to the forest to in the forest.

• No change is needed.