This can be used as an introductory activity or as a review to identify main idea and supporting details. Students will match supporting detail sentence strips to the corresponding main idea.
Students can be put onto teams to be completed as a relay race.
If completed in groups, this allows discussion and debate about which supporting details belong with which main idea--truly allowing students to understand the purpose of supporting details.
For the complete Main Idea and Supporting Details Mini Lesson Unit, please visit:
Main Idea and Supporting Details Unit
You can also download a Single Mini Lesson that pairs with this relay race game by clicking here:
Single Mini Lesson for Main Idea and Supporting Details