Middle School Main Idea of Non-Fiction Texts Goals

These Common Core aligned goals focus on helping students learn to find the central idea and supporting details in non-fiction texts.

Main Idea Goals

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Middle School Main Idea Goals

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  • Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2
  • The focus for this goal is on the main idea. You can assess for this using any grade level text– just ask the student after reading what it was mostly about and how they knew that.
  • You can also use main idea and supporting detail worksheets, but you will need to verify that they are grade appropriate. These resources from DePaul university are pretty good.

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After listening to a grade level passage, Dion can tell the big idea of the passage but needs teacher support to identify supporting information and to go beyond a general big idea statement like that “big cats are cool.”

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  • Given direct instruction in textbook and nonfiction comprehension strategies, X will determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details, answering central idea and detail questions about a fifth-grade level passage with 80% accuracy as measured by teacher records and observations CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2
  • Change the grade level of the text
    • grade 3
    • grade 4
  • Change the types of questions the student needs to answer
    • choosing the correct main idea from four choices
    • identifying at least two supporting details for the central idea
  • Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.2
  • The focus for this goal is on the main idea. You can assess for this using any grade level text– just ask the student after reading what it was mostly about and how they knew that.
  • You can also use main idea and supporting detail worksheets, but you will need to verify that they are grade appropriate. These resources from DePaul university are pretty good.

Looking for easy-to-use assessment resources or support with turning assessments into goals and present levels? Check out the IEP Success Kit in the store!

After listening to a grade level passage, Dion can tell the big idea of the passage but needs teacher support to identify supporting information and to go beyond a general big idea statement like that “big cats are cool.”

For more baseline ideas, check out the IEP Success Kit!

  • Given direct instruction in textbook and nonfiction comprehension strategies, X will determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, answering central idea and detail questions about a fifth-grade level text with 80% accuracy as measured by teacher records and observations CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.2
  • Change the grade level of the text
    • grade 3
    • grade 4
  • Change the types of questions the student needs to answer
    • choosing the correct main idea from four choices
    • identifying at least two supporting details for the central idea
  • Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.2
  • The focus for this goal is on the main idea. You can assess for this using any grade level text– just ask the student after reading what it was mostly about and how they knew that.
  • You can also use main idea and supporting detail worksheets, but you will need to verify that they are grade appropriate. These resources from DePaul university are pretty good.

Looking for easy-to-use assessment resources or support with turning assessments into goals and present levels? Check out the IEP Success Kit in the store!

After listening to a grade level passage, Dion can tell the big idea of the passage but needs teacher support to identify supporting information and to go beyond a general big idea statement like that “big cats are cool.”

For more baseline ideas, check out the IEP Success Kit!

  • Given direct instruction in textbook and nonfiction comprehension strategies, X will determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas, answering central idea and detail questions about a sixth-grade level text with 80% accuracy as measured by teacher records and observations CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.2
  • Change the grade level of the text
    • grade 3
    • grade 4
  • Change the types of questions the student needs to answer
    • choosing the correct main idea from four choices
    • identifying at least two supporting details for the central idea

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