MAIN IDEA

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Main idea about beach activities.

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Many fun things to do at the beach.

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Soccer players learn various skills, including dribbling, passing, and teamwork.

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Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

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Main idea of a passage?

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What the passage is mostly about.

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Native Americans dried meat, pounded it into a paste, mixed it with fat, and sometimes added berries and sugar to create small cakes called pemmican. This food doesn't spoil and provides energy for travelers and hunters. Today, explorers still carry it.

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how pemmican was prepared by Native Americans.

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Born after 1985? Life expectancy? Most expect over 70 years. Females live ~6 years longer than males.

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how long you might expect to live

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Mrs. Gonzales enjoys painting and gives her artwork to her son.

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Mrs. Gonzales paints pictures.

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Aaron and Angel are friends who look, talk, and sometimes dress alike. People confuse them, and the boys find it amusing.

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Aaron and Angel are alike in many ways.

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Important U.S. farm crop: Cotton. Used for clothing, easy to clean, durable.

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Cotton is important for making clothes.

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Main Idea: Rodeo clowns risk their safety to protect cowboys.

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Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.

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Main idea: Weather reporters use pictures to convey information quickly.

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Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way.