Kentucky Reading and Writing RI.6.2

ELA6th GradeReading Informational Text

The Standard

Analyze how the central ideas are reflected in a text by citing particular details and/or providing an objective summary.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Key Ideas and Details

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify the central ideas in an informational text. They show how specific details develop those ideas, or write a brief, objective summary.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can name the central ideas in an article and connect each one to relevant facts or examples. Their summary covers the main points without adding an opinion.
Common Misconceptions: Students may name a topic, such as food waste, instead of an idea about that topic. They may treat one striking fact as the whole point or add their own views to a summary.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Read this passage aloud or print it: “Unopened cafeteria food went into the trash. Students set up a share table. Daily food waste dropped from 40 pounds to 25 pounds.” Ask students to state one central idea, cite two details, and write a two-sentence summary without an opinion.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a printed article about cafeteria waste and cut-up detail strips; have them sort the strips under two central ideas.
After reading a short article, ask students to write which two details best support its main point and explain why.
Play detail detective: show four details from an article and have teams match each one to a central idea.
Use a school newsletter article about a schedule change; students name its central idea and cite two details families need to know.

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