Examine informational text with a three-page worksheet that focuses on taking notes, identifying the main idea, and locating supporting details in order to form a summary paragraph. 

Concepts

informational texts, summaries, main ideas, paragraph writing, writing paragraphs, supporting details, facts, note-taking skills, substitute teachers

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Create homogeneous groups, assign a separate worksheet over the course of three center rotations, work with specific groups in need of extra support 
• Direct pupils to complete a graphic organizer for at least one informational text read per week 
• Conduct informal book reports using information gathered from the worksheets   

Classroom Considerations

• The resource is the sixth of eight in a series of substitute lesson plan activities created for a fourth grade classroom 
• Requires several copies 

Pros

• Provides space to write directly on the worksheet 
• The overall design is clean, clear, and easy to follow 
• Can be used alongside any informational text 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.4.2