CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2 Worksheets

Grade 4 · Reading: Informational Text

Determine the main idea of a text, explain how details support it, and summarize the text.

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Printable anchor chart

Print a wall poster that supports this standard, with a code-drawn diagram students can point to.

What students learn

Determine the main idea of a text, explain how details support it, and summarize the text.

Worked example

Where did the fox hide?

Answer: Under the old log (the hollow fallen oak by the stream)

Generated and checked in code, so it is correct.

Main idea

What is the text mostly about?

Detail 1

A fact that supports it

Detail 2

A fact that supports it

Detail 3

A fact that supports it

Identify the main idea, then the details across the text that develop it, before summarizing.