Main Idea and Supporting Details

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Main idea of a text

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Biggest or most important idea

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Supporting details in a text

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Ideas or facts about the main idea

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Importance of identifying main idea

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Understand overall message or purpose

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Identify main idea of a text

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Analyze title, headings, topic sentences, and key supporting details.

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Story about Alex and grandpa's windows

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Alex enjoys looking out from the 18th floor

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Main idea location in reading

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Not always first or last sentence

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Story about

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Luca and the chickens

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Role of supporting details

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Clarify and strengthen main idea with evidence, examples, explanations.

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Purpose of supporting details

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Provide evidence, examples, and explanations for the main idea.

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Main idea of Apollo 13 movie

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Blockbuster of summer 1995