Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.2.R.2.2
The Standard
Identify the central idea and relevant details in a text.
Florida B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students tell what an informational text is mostly teaching the reader. They select facts from the text that directly support that main point.
What Mastery Looks Like
- After reading a short nonfiction passage, a student states the main point in their own words. The student identifies two supporting facts and explains how each one connects.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse the topic with what the author says about that topic. They may choose an interesting fact as the main point. They may also select facts that do not support the main point.
How to Assess It
- Give students a six-sentence passage about how beavers build dams. Ask them to write the main point and underline two facts that support it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a short animal article, two main point cards, and detail strips to sort beneath the card best supported by the text.
Students answer the prompt, “What does the author most want us to learn, and which two sentences prove it?”
Play Main Point Match by having teams pair paragraph cards with summary cards, then earn a point for naming one supporting fact.
Read a school lunch notice and identify its main message plus two details families need to know.
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Related Standards
- ELA.1.R.2.2
Identify the topic of and relevant details in a text.
- ELA.6.R.2.2
Analyze the central idea(s), implied or explicit, and its development throughout a text.
- ELA.3.R.2.2
Identify the central idea and explain how relevant details support that idea in a text.
- ELA.8.R.2.2
Analyze two or more central ideas and their development throughout a text.
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