Main Idea

What Is Main Idea?

• the theme of the story

• what the story is mostly about

• the ending of a story

• a detail of a story

• a mouse's favorite food is cheese

• mice eat insects, warms, and snails

• mice will eat just about anything

• the elephant is a favorite zoo animal

• wild elephants are in danger

• people kill elephants for their tusks

• sharks can loose and grow 20,000 feet

• sharks have more teeth than humans

• shark and human teeth are quite different

• the female emperor penguin lays the eggs

• the male emperor penguin cares for the egg

• the male emperor penguin sits on the egg

• the blue whale is the biggest animal in the world

• the blue whale's heart is very happy

• a blue whale can be 100 ft long

• tigers can eat up tp 60 pounds of meat in a single night

• tigers are great jumpers

• tigers are very powerful

• rats make very good pets

• rats play game with their owners

• you should get a pet rat

• male and female lions have different jobs

• female lions are responsible for hunting

• male lions are in charge for security