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Main Idea Anchor Chart

Main Idea Anchor Chart

$2.00Price
This anchor chart helps students to understand how to write the main idea from a story. When a student is reading a book or story, the main idea is what the author is trying to teach. The main idea is usually a theme, a moral, or a lesson that the author wants to teach. The main idea can also be what the characters are going through. The best way to write the main idea from a story is by answering these questions.

  • GRADE LEVELS

    2nd - 6th, Homeschool

  • SUBJECTS

    English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text

  • FORMATS INCLUDED

    ZIP FILE

  • PAGES

    2 Pages

  • RESOURCE TYPE

    Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

  • STANDARDS

    CCSSRI.K.1

    With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

    CCSSRI.1.1

    Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

    CCSSRI.1.2

    Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

    CCSSRI.2.1

    Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

    CCSSRI.2.2

    Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.

    CCSSRI.3.1

    Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

    CCSSRI.3.2

    Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

    CCSSRI.4.1

    Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

    CCSSRI.4.2

    Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

    CCSSRI.5.1

    Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

    CCSSRI.5.2

    Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

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