Main Idea

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Main idea supported by:

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details

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MAIN IDEA of a story tells the reader:

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The most important idea about a topic or 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!

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One dinosaur's brain was like.

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Main topic of the book cover?

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cars, trains, planes

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Key detail from book cover:

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Dolphins live in the ocean.

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Main idea of the passage: Backwards day at school with students doing things backwards.

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Students had backwards day at school.

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Not all water-dwelling animals are fish. Frogs, tadpoles, whales, seals, and some snakes 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, mostly in Southwest. Winter snow covers food, leading to declining numbers.

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What is happening to our wild horses

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Main idea: An octopus waits for fish to swim by and uses its long arm to catch them for a meal.

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How an octopus gets its food

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Mary has a new pet, a soft and cuddly kitten that sleeps a lot. She plays with it when awake and always feeds it.

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Mary’s new pet is a kitten.