Main Idea and Supporting Details Bundle with Cone Graphic Organizer 2nd 3rd

This main idea bundle has everything you need to keep your second and third grade students engaged as they read passages and identify the main idea and supporting details in the text. It includes 27 practice passages! Several activities include test prep elements because main idea questions tend to appear frequently on standardized tests. Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year after year! These main idea activities can be used for test prep, review, or introduction of the skill. It includes a PowerPoint, worksheets, task cards, a craftivity, and more!

What's included... To gain a better idea of everything included, please check out the individual PREVIEW for each resource:

49-slide PowerPoint

• Ideal for introducing main idea and supporting details to students!
• Includes 4 practice passages!
• You have my permission to convert this to Google Slides, if you wish.
• It comes with a matching handout. (The companion handout includes both a printable version and a Google Slides version.)

Craftivity/Sorting Activity

• Features ice cream cones
• Students must assemble 3-scoop ice cream cones by matching supporting details (written on scoops of ice cream) to the correct main idea sentence (written on cones).
• A colored version is included for teachers who wish to use the resource in a literacy center.

Task Cards/Worksheets

• 8 passages; 3 multiple-choice questions follow each passage
• Students identify the main idea, a supporting detail that could be added to the passage, and the best title for the passage.
• You get to choose whether to use the printable version, the Google Slides version, or the Google Forms version.

5 worksheets with graphic organizers

• Students read the passage and fill out the ice cream cone graphic organizer.
• You get to choose whether to use the printable version, the Google version, or the Easel Activity version.

11 Worksheets

• Ideal for test prep
• Each worksheet is designed to be used during a certain month of the school year.
• Created to allow you to spiral back to practice this concept throughout the year.
• You get to choose whether to use the printable version, the Google version, or the Easel Activity version.

Main Idea and Details: Two FREE Passages

• Students read the passage and fill out the ice cream cone graphic organizer.

I Have Who Has: Topic and Details Game

• 28 cards
• You get to choose whether to use the printable format that is played with an entire class or the Google Slides format that can be played individually or with a partner.

5 days of LESSON PLANS

• These plans outline how and when I use each of the included resources! You don't have to follow the lesson plan format I provide, of course, but it might be helpful in providing a bit of direction for you.

Here's what teachers like you have to say about using these main idea activities with their students:

⭐️ Veronica T. said, "Great bundle of activities! My students were very engaged with the activities in this bundle. My students were able to get a better understanding of main idea from these activities."

⭐️ Sarah B. said, "This is a wonderful resource. My students were struggling with the concept of "main idea". I took a break from my reading series to use this resource and it helped my students tremendously. I loved the slides- very engaging for students. The idea of ice cream scoops/cone to teach main idea was so much fun for my students and made a big difference."

⭐️ Crystal H. said, "My students responded quite positively to the activities that I used from this bundle. It also really helped them to understand a concept they had been struggling with."

⭐️ Jessica W. said, "Students enjoyed the ice cream visual and I was able to refer to it numerous times to help students remember main idea and supporting details."

⭐️ Lisa B. said, "Teaching main idea is difficult, however, this resource was exactly what I was looking for to teach my struggling 3rd grade readers. My students were engaged in these resources (especially the ice cream cone main idea and details craft)."

Are you looking for main idea resource to use with 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students? CLICK HERE to check out my bundle for 4th-6th graders.

**Please note: the PowerPoint cannot be edited due to the copyright requirements made by the contributing artists (clip art, font, backgrounds).

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