Reproducible Activities for Targeted Practice

• Identifying the main idea
• Identifying details
• Writing details to support a main idea
• Writing a main idea to go with a list of details
• Outlining
• Creating webs

This Power Practice series reinforces the specific math and language arts skills that students must master in order to experience success on standardized tests. Each book explores one or two concepts in depth by presenting them in a logical, sequenced progression of smaller objectives.

The activity pages in Main Idea and Details 1-2 approach the skills in a variety of ways to provide multiple perspectives on the concepts. They have been designed to cover different aspects of the topics, including the following:

• identifying the main idea
• identifying details
• writing details to support a main idea
• writing a main idea to go with a list of details
• creating webs

Use these ready-to-go activities to "recharge" skill review and give students the power to succeed.