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
What a learner can do afterwards
- 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
1 · Read
Fact books are true books. They teach us real things. Every fact book has one big topic.
A book has facts about frogs. It says frogs jump, frogs are wet, and frogs eat bugs. This book is mostly about frogs.
Every sentence in a fact book goes with the big topic. A sentence about a different thing does not belong.
One fact can sound loud or fun. A loud fact is still just a detail. The big topic is the thing all the sentences share.
Facts in a book connect to each other. One fact can lead to another, like eggs turning into frogs.
Read the title first. It often tells you the topic before you read the facts.
Find the one big topic, then remember facts that go with it.
2 · Watch
Take it off screen
Where it sits
Where this leads
21 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.