Contributor BrainPop Educators

Update
01-01-2017
Content Type
Lesson Plan
Grade Level
First grade, Second grade, Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade
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What’s your favorite book about? In this movie, you’ll learn how to find the main idea in a story or nonfiction book. The topic sentence states the main idea or thesis of a piece of writing. Supporting details explain and give information about the main idea. You can use a chart or other graphic organizer to help you understand the main idea and organize information as you read.