Explain how relevant details support the implied or explicit main idea of a text.
Determine the central idea or theme of a text.
Explain the difference between implied and explicit details.
Summarize the key supporting details by citing evidence from a text.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
RI.4.2
Examine a grade-appropriate informational text.
Provide a summary.
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details.
Arizona Academic Standards:
4.RI.2
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.RI.4.2
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE4RI2
Ohio's Learning Standards:
RI.4.2
Analyze informational text development.
Determine the main idea of a text and
explain how it is supported by key details.
Provide a summary of the text that includes
the main idea and key details, as well as
other important information.
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks:
RI.4.2
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize a text. For example, students read parts of I, Columbus, a retelling of entries from Columbus’s journal of 1492-93 by Peter and Connie Roop. In pairs, they summarize important facts about Columbus’s voyage, arrival, search for gold, failure to understand the treasures on the islands, and return to Spain. They use what they have learned to write reports, which they display in the library. (RI.4.2,
W.4.2, W.4.4)
Tennessee Academic Standards:
4.RI.KID.2
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize a text.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
Figure: 19.E*
summarize information in text, maintaining meaning and logical order
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.2.4.a
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the tex
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
E04.B-K.1.1.2
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
A summary is a short retelling of the main ideas or events in the passage. A summary is written in your own words and not in the author’s.
A good summary lists only the important details from the passage and presents ideas/events in the correct order.
When you read, ask yourself how you would explain what the passage is about to a friend or teacher. This will help you identify the most important parts of the passage.