Main Idea and Details

Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.  Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball.  They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.  Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.
What is the main idea?

• They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.
• Soccer players learn how to dribble.
• They learn how to work together as teammates.
• Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

Many people have not heard giraffes make noises.  Giraffes do not use sounds to “talk” with each other.  When hurt, giraffes make a low moo, something like a cow.  When frightened, they make a short, high sound.
What is the main idea?

• Giraffes do make noises
• Giraffes talk all the time.
• Cows and giraffes talk to each other.
• Lots of people have heard giraffes talk.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.1.2

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.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.1.2

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.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.1.2

Most of the world's volcanoes are part of the "The Ring of Fire." This is a ring of volcanoes that form a circle around the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of volcanoes make up "The Ring of Fire." These volcanoes formed the sea floor and many underwater mountains.

• There are thousands of volcanoes in the world.
• Most volcanoes are part of the "Ring of Fire."
• Some underwater mountains are volcanoes. 

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?

• Who is the main character?
• What is the main event?
• What is one important detail?
• What point is the author trying to make?

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

What text features can give you a clue of what the main idea is?

• Title
• Headings
• Pictures
• All of these

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

Benjamin Franklin loved to write.  When he was twenty-two, he set up his own printing shop and started a newspaper.  He also printed a book called Poor Richard’s Almanac.  It had funny stories, information about the weather, and wise sayings.

• Benjamin Franklin loved to write stories and books.
• Benjamin Franklin worked very hard when he was young.
• Benjamin Franklin knew a lot about the weather.
• Benjamin Franklin was very poor.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

a statement that tells what a passage is mostly about

• Topic
• Claim
• Main Idea
• Transitional sentence

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

more narrow ideas, evidence, details, and elaboration that support the main idea in a passage

• Main Idea
• Claim
• Transitional sentence
• Supporting details

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2