Informational Texts for Task Cards/Literacy Centers–Main Idea

Description

The 12 informational articles in “Things I Didn’t Know About Animals” are designed to help students grasp the concept of main idea and spot supporting details. The texts are short, compact, and filled with unusual and interesting facts to motivate young readers.
The Task Card/Literacy Center format in this download is a single, full-page presentation with the article on the left and a set of 3-5 questions on the right. In addition to main idea and supporting details the questions also address sequencing, cause and effect, inference, and using context clues to determine word meaning.

Answer forms are included. This format can be used as a whole class lesson.
Full answer keys are included.
These pages are appropriate for 4^th-6^th grade classrooms and some 7^th and 8^th grade students. Motivated 3^rd graders will also enjoy these articles.
View Sample Pages HERE.

This set of informational texts are also as Interactive Notebook Pages.