Unit Plan

*Modifications*

Individual Learning Goals / Assessment Assessment Tools Activities

Lessons Objectives Type
Morning Work
LG 4: Students will be able to Pre- Assessment (1) 1.) Main idea and supporting Main idea and Supporting Details
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determine the main idea in an details worksheet Worksheet

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informational text.
Students will read a passage
about thunderstorms and then
Unit
Objective
they will identify and describe the
Pre-assessment Students can find the main idea main idea and supporting details
and supporting details in an in the passage.
informational text.

Lesson #1
LG 1: Students will be able to Pre-Assessment (1)
1.) Learning Targets:Class Cut and Paste Words Sort
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define what a main idea and Discussion
Activity

supporting details are in an Formative Students will be asked to sort

Main Idea informational text. 
Assessment (2/3/4)
2.) Cut and Paste Words Sort words into three groups of
Introduction Worksheet
related words and paste them on
Objectives
Self-Assessment (4) the paper. Then students will be
Students will be able to explain 3.) Main Idea Seesaw Activity
asked to title these groups with a
what a main idea is in an word that represents the topic of
informational text.
4.) Learning Target Check-in: the group of words.

Thumbs up method

Students will be able to identify Main Idea Seesaw Video Activity

the main topic of a group of Students will watch a video

words.
about identifying main ideas and
circle three common places that
Students will be able to name will help them identify the main
the three most common clues idea of an informational text.
that will help me find the main They will also be asked to
idea of a text.
explain what a main idea is by
typing, writing, or using text to
speech on a response template.

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Lessons Objectives Type
Lesson #2
LG 1: Students will be able to Pre-Assessment (1)
1.) Learning Targets: Class
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define what a main idea and Discussion
Highlighting Passages Activity

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supporting details are in an Formative Students will be provided with
Supporting informational text. 
Assessment (2/3/4/5)
2.) Supporting Details with four passages and will be asked
Details Pictures Worksheet
to highlight the detail that
Introduction LG 2: Students will be able to Self-Assessment (5) doesn’t support the main idea of
classify main ideas and 3.) Highlighted passages
the last three passages because
supporting details. 
the first one will be used to
4.) Supporting Detail Seesaw model. This can be done
LG 5: Students will be able to Activity
individually or in pairs/groups.

determine the supporting

details in an informational text.
5.) Learning Target Check-in: Supporting Details Seesaw
Thumbs up method
Activity

Objectives
Students will circle the
Students will explain what supporting details that go with
supporting details are in an the main idea that is provided.
informational text.
They will also fill in the end of
sentence starter to explain what
Students will find supporting supporting details are.

details in a picture.

Supporting Details with Pictures

Students will identify details Activity

that do and don’t support the Students will be looking at the

main idea in a passage.
pictures and finding the topic of
each one and the supporting
details that tell them what the
topic of the picture is.

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Lessons Objectives Type
Lesson #3
LG 2: Students will be able to Pre-Assessment (1)
1.) Learning Targets: Class Build a Table/Stool Activity

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classify main ideas and Discussion
Students will be provided blocks
supporting details. 
Formative to create a table or stool. After
Main Idea and Assessment 2.) Stool or Table with a Main they have made the stool, they
Supporting LG 4: Students will be able to (2/3/4/5/6)
Idea and details attached
will proceed to read a passage
Details determine the main idea in an and determine what the main
Classification informational text.
Self-Assessment (5) 3.) Cut and Paste Classification and supporting details of the
and Worksheet
passage are. They will then tape
Symbolization LG 3: Students will be able to the main idea and supporting
symbolize the connection 4.) Symbolization Stool details to the places on the table
between main ideas and Template
or stool that represent them.

supporting details. 

5.) Learning Target Check-in: Cut and Paste Classification and

Objectives
Thumbs up method
Symbolization Activity

Students will symbolize the Students will read an

connection between main 6.) Main Idea vs. Supporting informational passage and find
ideas and supporting details Details Sort Worksheet the main idea and supporting
with a table, chair, or stool. details of the passage. They will
then sort them and glue them to
Students will symbolize the designated places on a graphic
connection between main organizer. Students will take the
ideas and supporting details main idea and supporting details
with a stool template
from the passage and put them
where they belong on a stool
Students will organize template.

sentences from an
informational passage into a Main Idea vs. Supporting Details
main idea with supporting Sort Worksheet

details.
Students will sort characteristics
of main ideas and supporting
details by cutting the
characteristics of each and
pasting them to a t-chart with
main idea and supporting details
at the top.
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Lessons Objectives Type
Lesson #4
LG 4: Students will be able to Pre-Assessment (1)
1.) Learning Targets: Class Underlining Activity

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determine the main idea in an Discussion
Students will be provided with in
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informational text.
Formative informational text about the solar
Assessment (2/3/4/5)
2.) Underlining Graphic system and will be asked to
LG 5: Students will be able to Organizer
underline the clues that help
determine the supporting Self-Assessment (4) them identify the main idea in red
details in an informational text.
3.) Stool Template
and the supporting details in
green. Then students will then fill
Objectives
4.) Learning Target Check-in: in a graphic organizer where they
Students will identify the topic Thumbs up method
will write what the topic, main
of an informational text. idea, and supporting details of
the text are. They will also list the
Students will use context clues 5.) Main Idea and Supporting context clues used to find the
to identify the main idea of an Details Kahoot main idea.

informational text.
Stool Template Activity

Students will identify what Students will read a passage

details support the main idea in about cheese. After they read,
an informational text. students will have the option to
use colored pencils to underline
the 3 clues that will help them
find the main idea. They can also
use a green colored pencil to
underline details that support the
main idea. Once students have
identified these in the text, they
will record them, along with the
topic, on a stool template that
will be provided to them.

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Kahoot!

Students will log on to Kahoot!

and play a trivia like game to
review content.
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Lessons Objectives Type
Lesson #5
LG 3: Students will be able to Pre-Assessment (1)
1.) Learning Targets: Class Detective Activity

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symbolize the connection Discussion
Students will have the “Animal
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between main ideas and Formative Body Parts” article read to them.
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supporting details. 
Assessment (3)
2.) Detective Graphic Organizer Students will then determine
Informational or Stool Template
what the topic, main idea,
Text Analysis LG 4: Students will be able to Summative supporting details, and three
determine the main idea in an Assessment (2)
3.) Learning Target Check-in: context clues are in the text.
informational text.
Thumbs up method
Students will either record these
Self-Assessment (3) on a graphic organizer or on a
LG 5: Students will be able to 4.) Practice Passages Seesaw stool template. Students may
determine the supporting activity complete this activity using any
details in an informational text.
independent strategy to help
them.

Objectives

Students will determine and Practice Passages Seesaw

describe what the main idea activity

and the 3 common clues are in Students will read 4 animal

an informational text. passages of choice. They will be
looking for the main idea and
I can determine and describe supporting details in the texts.
which details support the main Students will wither type or use
idea in an informational text.
text-to-speech to recorded their
findings on Seesaw