Classroom Resource

Text Detectives: Rise and Shine: Literacy Time

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

3, 4

Overview

2018 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, Randi House, shows students how to look for clues in a text to support answers and gives students several examples of sentence starters they can use to introduce evidence from the text. Ms. House tells students a short story about Milly Hilly and then asks questions that require students to make inferences that must be supported by story details. The accompanying activity gives students an opportunity to practice making and supporting inferences with the short story “The Fisherman and His Wife.”

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): 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.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/text-detectives-video/rise-and-shine…

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

Accessibility

Accessibility

Audio resources: includes a transcript or subtitles

Text Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings

License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

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

Comments or Notes

The original version of “The Fisherman and His Wife” is in the public domain and may be accessed on the Project Gutenberg website. If you wish to use the original version with your students, it is recommended that you read the story ahead of time and either change many of the antiquated words and phrases to ones that your students will readily understand or provide a vocabulary handout to your students.

This resource includes supporting materials for teachers and students.

Approved Date

2022-10-27

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