Main Idea's

Front

A dinosaur had a brain weighing as much as three pencils, a body of ten tons, and over twenty feet long. It wasn't the brightest dinosaur!

Back

What one dinosaur's brain was like.

Front

Main idea about seaweed: colors and sizes.

Back

What seaweed is like.

Front

Bird range refers to the area a bird flies. Some fly great distances globally, while others cover less than 100 miles. Main idea?

Back

How bird ranges differ.

Front

Not all water-dwelling animals are fish. Frogs, tadpoles, whales, seals, and some snakes also inhabit water. Main idea?

Back

Which animals live in water.

Front

Main idea of traffic light safety: red, green, amber signals are often ignored, leading to danger.

Back

What the traffic light signals.

Front

About 13,000 wild horses exist in the Southwest, struggling for food in winter due to snow covering grass and bushes. Their numbers decline yearly.

Back

What is happening to our wild horses.

Front

Inference:

Back

Text evidence + what you know

Front

Key to making an inference:

Back

Proving your inference with evidence from the text.

Front

Sentence suggesting Joanna rode her bike to school:

Back

Joanna had to put her helmet inside the classroom closet.

Front

Tiffany groaned after receiving her math test back from the teacher.

Back

Tiffany earned a bad grade on the test.