Main Topic of Informational Texts
Identify the main topic and retell key details of informational texts; describe connections between individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information
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After your child reads a short fact book — like one about animals or space — can they tell you what the main topic was and give you a few key facts they learned from it?
Identify the main topic and retell key details of informational texts; describe connections between individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information
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Check understanding
- State what a non-fiction text is mostly about in one sentence
- List two or three important facts learned from an informational text
- Explain how two events or ideas in a text are connected
“After your child reads a short fact book — like one about animals or space — can they tell you what the main topic was and give you a few key facts they learned from it?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Reading Comprehension
- Age range
- Ages 5–7