We are moving our free videos to YouTube and retiring student functionality on 7/15. Learn more

Instructional video

Determine the main idea of a paragraph

  • From LearnZillion
  • Created by
  • Standards
  • Tags
teaches Common Core State Standards RI.4.2 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/4/2
Print / PDF
Press ESC or click here to exit full screen

Tip: swipe on touch devices, use your keyboard's ← and → arrow keys, or clicker buttons to quickly navigate the instructional video

or to view additional materials

You'll gain access to interventions, extensions, task implementation guides, and more for this instructional video.

Determine the main idea of a paragraph

About this video

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