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CCSS ELA Standard: 1.RI.2

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

What’s In My Brain: Grass vs Mold
What’s In My Brain: Grass vs Mold
Two columns. One is an example, one isn’t. Can you figure out the hidden rule before the big reveal?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
Main Idea and Details
Main Idea and Details
Young students can use this big idea organizer to identify the main idea and support it with details.
Gr 1-8
Power and Traditions
Power and Traditions
We compare the power of traditions shared by millions with smaller traditions shared by perhaps just one family.
Gr 1-8
Power in Autumn
Power in Autumn
Autumn was once powerful because of the harvest. What gives Fall its power now?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
Hero or Not A Hero?
Hero or Not A Hero?
Students will determine what makes a hero a hero.
Gr 1-8
What’s In My Brain: Austin vs Los Angeles
What’s In My Brain: Austin vs Los Angeles
We’re looking at capital cities.
Gr 1, 2, 3, 6, 8
What’s In My Brain: Italy vs Normandy
What’s In My Brain: Italy vs Normandy
We’re looking at countries vs states (and other smaller regions).
Gr 1-8
What’s In My Brain: Ball vs Book
What’s In My Brain: Ball vs Book
Let’s look at Kinetic vs Potential Energy!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
What’s In My Brain: Narwhal vs Penguin
What’s In My Brain: Narwhal vs Penguin
We’re looking at the arctic vs the antarctic.
Gr 1-8
Pluto – Mixed Up Paragraph
Pluto – Mixed Up Paragraph
Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about Pluto back into the correct order?
Gr 1-8
Great Sloths – Mixed Up Paragraph
Great Sloths – Mixed Up Paragraph
Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about great sloths back into the correct order?
Gr 1-8
How to Reset Your Brain When You’re Flooded
How to Reset Your Brain When You’re Flooded
Allison Edwards explains how changing your senses can reset your brain.
Gr 1-8
What Happens In Your Brain When You’re Worried or Afraid
What Happens In Your Brain When You’re Worried or Afraid
Allison Edwards explains how blood flow in your brain affects your decision-making
Gr 1-8
What’s In My Brain: Owl vs Eagle
What’s In My Brain: Owl vs Eagle
Some of these animals are nocturnal and some are diurnal.
Gr 1-8
Analyze Paragraphs: Empire State Building
Analyze Paragraphs: Empire State Building
Three paragraphs about the Empire State Building. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.
Gr 1-8
Analyze Paragraphs: Tomatoes
Analyze Paragraphs: Tomatoes
Three paragraphs about tomatoes. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Depth and Complexity: 🏛️ Big Idea
Depth and Complexity: 🏛️ Big Idea
Let’s get students thinking big and focusing on more abstract ideas.
Gr 1-8
Hamlet Summary
Hamlet Summary
It’s Hamlet in just about five minutes!
Gr 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8