ReadyGEN 3B1

ReadyGEN 3B1

Today we are going to start a new text. As you read, look for the

main topic, or what the text is mostly about, and facts and key

details that support the main topic.

In this lesson

we will learn how to identify the main topic of a text and key

details that the writer uses to develop the topic.

Open Ended

On page 4, the author talks about several ways that people can

make the world better. What ways are mentioned? How are

they related to the title of the book?

On page 4, the author talks about several ways that people can

make the world better. What ways are mentioned? How are

they related to the title of the book?

inventing machines

helping plants and animals

helping people who have been hurt by disasters

they are all ways people make positive changes

Multiple Choice

What is the topic of the paragraph on page 10?

• Kelvin Doe’s favorite thing to do on the weekend

• Kelvin Doe’s family

• Kelvin Doe’s ideas and

  future inventions

Main Topic and Details

From the title, I can tell that the main topic of the book is change makers.

On page 6, I read about Kelvin Doe, who is a change maker.

So, this section’s main idea is that Kelvin Doe is a change maker. I’ll write that as the main topic.

I read on page 8 about how Kelvin made a battery and now his batteries power the lights in his neighborhood. I’ll write that in the left details box.

Multiple Choice

Where was a jigsaw puzzle invented?

• Italy

• India

• England

• China

Multiple Choice

Who invented the first car?

• Cyrus McCormick

• Henry Ford

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

Multiple Choice

The airplane was invented by:

• The Wright Brothers
• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Mercedes Benz

Multiple Choice

What invention did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communications forever?

• telephone

• telegraph

• Internet

• electrical services

Multiple Choice

It's a delicious

• ice cream

• ice creem

• ice crim

Multiple Choice

This is my

• family

• familee

• famili

Multiple Choice

He saw a sweet

• dreem

• dream

• drim

Multiple Choice

It's a nice

• ship

• cheap

• sheep

Multiple Choice

Find the preposition:
Under a shady tree, Joseph rested.

• shady
• tree
• under
• rested

Multiple Choice

Find the preposition:
Isaiah sat on his new bike.

• sat
• on
• his
• new

Multiple Choice

Find the preposition:
Before dinner, Landen went to the store.

• dinner
• went
• before
• store

Multiple Choice

Find the preposition:
Alexa walked through the door.

• through
• walked
• door
• the