Main Idea/Supporting Details

What is the relationship between a topic and a main idea?

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

Read the following details to determine the topic:

-metamorphosis

-Stages of development

-organisms

• animals

• life cycles

• main idea

• science

Explain the relationship between main idea and supporting details.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

Main idea is also known as what?

• central idea

• theme

• supporting details

• conclusion

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

What does it mean to have an explicit main idea?

• It means the wrong idea

• It means it is not there

• You have to use inferencing and details to find the main idea.

• The author clearly sates the main idea in a text.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Ms. Davis loves spending time in her garden. She planted flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Everyday, she sits in her garden to admire the beauty.

What is the main idea?

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

Ms. Davis loves spending time in her garden. She planted flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Everyday, she sits in her garden to admire the beauty.

Which details support the idea that Ms. Davis loves gardening? (select all that apply)

• She planted flowers, fruits, and vegetables

• She said so.

• She sits in her garden to admire the beauty.

• None of the above

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

Choose a topic of discussion and write 3-5 sentences about that topic. Make sure that the main idea is explicit and the supporting details are relevant to that idea.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2