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Identifying the Main Idea

Authored by Cooper Czichotzki

English

2nd Grade

CCSS covered

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Identifying the Main Idea
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an informational book?

Literature created from the imagination with fake character and setting(s).

A book that explains known facts about a specific topic. You learn about the specific topic as you read.

A book that puts feelings of fear, terror, and anxiousness in the reader as they read.

A book in which you must put the clues together to figure out who committed the crime.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a main idea?

The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about.

The first sentence of each paragraph.

The facts provided in the text that help us learn about an object or topic.

A restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words or our own words.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does it mean to paraphrase?

To copy the authors words, word for word, and claim it as your restatement

To divide something into smaller pieces

To write a big, long paper on a book

To create a restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using your own words or words other than the author's

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

True or False? To chunk text/writing means to break it down into smaller sections/chunks.

True (correct)

Fals (wrong)

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3B

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.4B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

True or False? Chunking the text and paraphrasing the chunked text, then putting it together helps us identify the main idea of the whole text/book.

True (correct)

False (wrong)

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

True or False? Reading to identify the main idea is NOT reading with purpose?

True (correct)

False (wrong)

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.4A

CCSS.RF.2.4B

CCSS.RF.2.4C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Do we read just to read and get the book over with? Or do we read with purpose to understand what the book is telling and/or teaching us?

Read just to read

Read with purpose to understand and learn about what the book is teaching me/us

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.4C

CCSS.RF.2.3C

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