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Finding the Main Idea (QUIA)

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5th - 6th Grade

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Hard

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CCSS

RI.6.2, RI.4.5, RL.4.3

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FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The peanut has many functions, including being roasted, made into peanut butter, and used for oil, plastics, and fertilizers.

Back

About the many uses of the Peanut

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Sharks have a keen sense of hearing, can smell blood from 2,000 yards, and feel vibrations in water. They can see prey from 50 feet away. What is this passage mostly about?

Back

How sharks sense food

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Doctors believe red-tinted glasses can alleviate sadness, especially in winter when days are short. Bright lights help some, but the reddish light from rose-colored glasses seems to boost happiness.

Back

How colored glasses may help people feel better

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Uses of cattle in India: milk, dairy, plowing, and carrying loads.

Back

How cows are used in India

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Diamonds are hard elements used in industry for cutting metals and coating tools. Extreme heat can turn them into graphite, which is used in pencils.

Back

How diamonds are used in industry

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Hognose snake's bluffing behavior when threatened: hisses, pretends to bite, plays dead.

Back

How the Hognose snake bluffs

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Passage about changing answers on tests.

Back

What scientists think about answers.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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