Classroom Resource

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

3, 4, 5

Overview

Save the Earth from all kinds of waste and trash. Rap with Mister C, read charts with a landfill rat, break the code for recycling symbols, then share this dirty, rotten, self-paced lesson with your friends.

This resource guides students as they identify the main idea and support details of a text.

Content Standards

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.19
Determine the explicit or implied main idea and supporting details of a text.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Explicit main idea
Implied main idea
Supporting details

Knowledge

Students know:

The main idea is the most important idea presented in the text.
Sometimes an author will clearly state the main idea, while other times an author will merely suggest the main idea.
The supporting details explain the main idea or provide more information about the main idea.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify the main idea in of a text.
Determine if the main idea is explicitly stated or implies.
Identify the supporting details of a text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Literary and informational texts have a main idea, or most important message, and supporting details, which provide more information about the main idea.
An author can choose to state the main idea in the text or provide clues to imply the main idea.
A text usually just has one main idea, but multiple supporting details.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.23
Identify and use text features in informational passages to locate information.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Text features
Locate
Informational passage
Identify

Knowledge

Students know:

Informational passages often include text features that can be used to locate information within the text.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify text features in informational passages, such as headings, photographs, illustrations, labels, charts, graphs, legends.
Use text features to locate information within an informational passage.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Informational passages have predictable features that can be used to locate important information within the text.
Text features that are often used in informational text include headings, photographs, illustrations, labels, charts, graphs, and legends.
Using text features helps support their overall comprehension.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.21
Explain how relevant details support the implied or explicit main idea of a text.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Implied main idea
Explicit main idea
Relevant details

Knowledge

Students know:

The main idea is the most important idea presented in the text.
Sometimes an author will clearly state the main idea, while other times an author will merely suggest the main idea.
The supporting details explain the main idea or provide more information about the main idea.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify the implied or explicit main idea of a text.
Use relevant details to support the main idea of a text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Most texts have a main idea, or most important message, and supporting details, which provide more information about the main idea.
An author can choose to state the main idea in the text or provide clues through details in the text to imply the main idea.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.23
Evaluate how text features and structures contribute to the meaning of an informational text.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Text features
Text structures
Informational texts

Knowledge

Students know:

Informational text often includes text features, such as graphs, charts, diagrams, photographs, etc., to help readers better understand the information in the text.
Informational text often follows a predictable text structure.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify and describe how text features contribute to the meaning of informational text.
Identify and describe how text structure contributes to the meaning of informational text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Text features are often included in informational text to help readers better understand the author's intended meaning and message.
Informational texts often follow a predictable text structure, and identifying the structure of a text can improve comprehension.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.22
Determine the implied and/or explicit main idea in literary and informational texts.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Implied main idea
Explicit main idea
Literary text
Informational text

Knowledge

Students know:

The main idea is the most important idea presented in the text.
Sometimes an author will clearly state the main idea, while other times an author will merely suggest the main idea.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify the implied or explicit main idea of a text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Most texts have a main idea, or most important message.
An author can choose to state the main idea in the text or provide clues through details in the text to imply the main idea.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.24
Determine and evaluate the effectiveness of digital and print text features and structures, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, and cause and effect.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Determine
Evaluate
Effectiveness
Digital text features
Print text features
Text structures
Comparison and contrast
Problem and solution
Cause and effect

Knowledge

Students know:

Text features are items like charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages.
Text features can provide additional information or enhance understanding of the text.
Text can be structured in different ways, depending on the type of information that is being communicated.
A text that follows a comparison and contrast structure will describe how two or more things are alike or different.
Problem and solution text structure describes a problem and how the problem was solved or could be solved.
Cause and effect text structure describes an event (the cause) and the consequence or result of the event (the effect).

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify digital and print text features and structures.
Evaluate the effectiveness of digital and print text features and structures in communicating the intended meaning.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Text features can be found in printed and digital text materials.
Text features often provide important information about details in the text or can enhance understanding of details in the text.
Texts follow a predictable structure that contributes to the overall meaning of the text.
They can demonstrate comprehension of the text by evaluating on the purpose and effectiveness of the text features and structure the author chose to use.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/reduce-reuse-recycle-what-is-air/red…

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Interactive/Game

Resource Provider

PBS

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/help/terms-of-use/#restrictions

Comments or Notes

This resource includes supporting materials for teachers.

Approved Date

2022-11-01

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Learning Resource Type

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Subject Area

Grade(s)

Overview

ELA21.3.19 Determine the explicit or implied main idea and supporting details of a text.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.3.23 Identify and use text features in informational passages to locate information.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.4.21 Explain how relevant details support the implied or explicit main idea of a text.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.4.23 Evaluate how text features and structures contribute to the meaning of an informational text.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.5.22 Determine the implied and/or explicit main idea in literary and informational texts.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.5.24 Determine and evaluate the effectiveness of digital and print text features and structures, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, and cause and effect.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

URL (web address)

CR Resource Type

Resource Provider

Accessibility

License Type

Custom License Type (URL)

Comments or Notes

Approved Date

ELA21.3.19
Determine the explicit or implied main idea and supporting details of a text.

ELA21.3.23
Identify and use text features in informational passages to locate information.

ELA21.4.21
Explain how relevant details support the implied or explicit main idea of a text.

ELA21.4.23
Evaluate how text features and structures contribute to the meaning of an informational text.

ELA21.5.22
Determine the implied and/or explicit main idea in literary and informational texts.

ELA21.5.24
Determine and evaluate the effectiveness of digital and print text features and structures, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, and cause and effect.