Main idea

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Main idea supported by:

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MAIN IDEA of a story tells the reader:

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The most important idea about a topic or a story.

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

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What one dinosaur's brain was like

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Main idea of the passage: Backwards day at school.

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The students had backwards day at school.

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Not all water-dwelling animals are fish. Frogs, tadpoles, whales, and seals are examples. Main idea?

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Which animals live in water

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Main idea about wild horses: 13,000 exist, struggle for food in winter, numbers decline.

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What is happening to our wild horses

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Main idea about octopus feeding:

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How an octopus gets its food.

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Main idea of soccer skills learned by players.

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Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

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Fun activities at the beach include swimming, snorkeling, beach volleyball, shell collecting, and sunbathing.

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Many fun things to do at the beach.

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John and Matt aspire to be firemen, wanting to ride the fire truck, with John aiming to rescue people and Matt to spray water.

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John and Matt want to be firemen.