Main Idea

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

Back

Many fun things to do at the beach.

Front

Main idea of soccer skills learned:

Back

Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

Front

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

Back

John and Matt want to be firemen.

Front

Jenny visited her grandmother in the hospital and saw the nurses' kindness. She wants to help sick people as a nurse.

Back

Jenny wants to be a nurse.

Front

Mary has a new pet, a soft and cuddly baby kitten. It sleeps a lot, and Mary plays with it when awake, always remembering to feed it.

Back

Mary’s new pet is a kitten.

Front

Backward day at school: students wore T-shirts backward, took tests before studying, had dessert first, and tried walking home backward.

Back

The students had a backward day.

Front

Giraffes make noises when hurt (low moo) or frightened (short, high sound).

Back

Giraffes do make noises.

Front

Main idea support?

Back

details

Front

MAIN IDEA of a story tells the reader:

Back

The most important idea about a topic or a story.

Front

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?

Back

What one dinosaur's brain was like