Main idea Mystery

Main Idea Mystery   

Finding the Main Idea Practice

By: Mrs. C. Williams

Multiple Select

Do you ever wonder how you taste things?

You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have nine thousand taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat. What is the main idea?

• That we taste through our nose

• Why we can taste only sweet things

• Where taste buds are found

• Taste buds are pretty flowers

Multiple Choice

Goldilocks had nothing to do. Her friends were busy, so she decided to take a walk in the woods alone. She noticed a house. She knew it was a stranger’s house, but she still entered. There was not anyone home; therefore, she decided to eat some food and take a nap in the stranger’s home.

The main idea is:

• Walking can be an adventure.

• Goldilocks didn't follow safety procedures.

• It is okay to do the wrong things as long as it isn't hurting anybody.

• There wasn't anyone home.

Multiple Select

Farmers in Japan have a problem. There is not much land to farm, and there are many people to feed. Some farmers cut rows in the hillsides and grow crops there. This helps a little, but many kinds of food are shipped to Japan. They can choose anything they want to eat! What's the main idea?

• There is little land to farm in Japan; so many kinds of food are shipped to Japan.

• Growing food on the hillside in Japan is hard work.

• The Japanese like getting food from different countries.

Babies use both hands. But babies use one hand more than the other. This hand may become the preferred one. How can you tell? Lay a baby on its back. Notice which side the baby faces. If the baby looks to the right most of the time, it will probably be right-handed. What does it mean if the baby faces left more often? The baby will most likely be left-handed.

Multiple Select

In our previous article with the baby, what is most likely the main idea?

• How to tell right- from left-handed babies

• That babies use their hands for many things

• That there are more left-handed babies

• Most babies are right handed

Poll

When looking for the main idea in a story; it is important to look carefully and read text features, think about the most important part, and look for information words.

Your Turn to practice Writing:

• Write a paragraph

• Use a topic sentence

• Add a detail

• Add a second detail

• Add another detail

• Write an exciting closing sentence

You can draw an organizer like this in your notebook and fill it in before writing your paragraph.