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3.6.G

8 lessons teach this standard. Every lesson is interactive, and every one prints as a worksheet with a separate answer key.

Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 1 · Lesson 1

Finding the Main Idea

The one idea that fits every sentence in a part.

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Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 1 · Lesson 2

Telling a Detail from the Main Idea

Details are true, and that is why they can fool you.

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Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 1 · Lesson 3

When No Sentence States It

Sometimes you have to build the main idea yourself.

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Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 1 · Lesson 4

Main Idea in a Longer Text

Each part has a main idea, and the whole book has one too.

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Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 2 · Lesson 1

What to Leave Out

A summary keeps what the story needs and drops the rest.

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Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 2 · Lesson 2

Keeping the Order

Tell things in the order they happened.

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Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 2 · Lesson 3

Summarizing a Story

Keep the chain of events, and nothing else.

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Grade 3 Reading · Chapter 2 · Lesson 4

Summarizing an Article

Say the main idea first, then the reasons.

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