Grade 2 English Language Arts · Level 4, Understand informational texts, text features, reasons, and sources; gather information for a purpose.

Find the Main Topic

Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text and the focus of specific paragraphs.

How the lesson starts: Find the Main Topic

Oku's big umbrella
Meet Oku the tortoise. Oku has a giant umbrella. When it rains, all his friends fit under it. The main topic is like Oku's umbrella. It covers every sentence!
The umbrella test
Hedgehogs are small animals covered in spikes. When scared, a hedgehog rolls into a ball. Hedgehogs sleep in the day. At night, they hunt for bugs. Every sentence tells about hedgehogs and how they live!
Too small, too big
Oku checks the choices. How hedgehogs roll up? Too small. That's just one detail. All animals in the world? Way too big! Hedgehogs and how they live. Just right!