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English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)

Description

In this lesson you will learn how to determine the main idea of a paragraph by looking at the first and last sentence and ask "what is this paragraph teaching me?"

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Determine the main idea of a paragraph

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Related Academic Standards

New York State

RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.