Main Idea

How can pictures help you find the Main Idea?

• Look at the picture.
• give me an example of what the story is about.
• give me a meaning to words underlined for context clues.
• pictures are cute.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

When reading the questions, how do you determine what the passage is about?

• Look for clues or details.
• pick the first answer.
• guess at the answer.
• choose what you think the answer is.

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CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

Do you have to have details to choose your main idea?

• yes
• no
• maybe
• don't know

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

You are reading a passage on Deserts. It gives you details of the location and the animals that you find there, It gives you a choice of ecosystems in your answers.  What would you choose?

• Rainforest
• Grasslands
• Deserts
• Oceans

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Floods can cause tremendous damage.  They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind.  It can take months to clean up after a flood.

• Floods can cause a lot of damage.
• Floods cause mudslides.
• Floods damage houses and roads. 

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Earthquakes are caused when the plates of the Earth's crust move. Earthquakes happen along "fault lines" in the earth’s crust. When the plates in the Earth suddenly shift, the Earth will begin to shift, shake or tremble.

•  Earthquakes occur on "fault lines."
• Earthquakes cause a lot of damage. 
• Earthquakes are caused when the plates of the Earth's crust
    move.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Scientists can measure the intensity of an earthquake. They use an instrument called the Richter scale. The Richter scale compares the strength of different earthquakes. Earthquakes  below 2.0 usually can’t be felt. Earthquakes over 5.0 on the scale can cause damage. A magnitude 7.0 is a major earthquake and can cause tremendous damage.

• Scientists can measure the intensity of an earthquake.
• Strong earthquakes can cause lots of damage.
•  Some earthquakes are very small. 

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

The earth's surface is constantly changing.  All over the world everyday there are earthquakes, floods and volcanoes that quickly change our world. Some changes are too small to see.  Others cause tremendous damage and costs millions of dollars to clean up.

• It is expensive to clean up the damage
• Sometimes we can't see the changes. 
• The Earth's surface is always changing.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2