Central Idea and Supporting Details

Can you name the planets in our solar system? Mercury is one of them. Like the other planets, Mercury moves in a path around the sun. Mercury travels faster than the other planets. It speeds along at about 107,000 miles an hour. Mercury is the planet closest to the sun. Its days are very hot, and its nights are very cold. There is no water on Mercury.

What is the best title for this passage?

• Moving Around the Sun

• Hot Days and Cold Nights

• The Planet Mercury

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Have you ever played Monopoly? This famous game was invented more than 70 years ago. Times were very hard then. Many people were out of work. Charles B. Darrow had lost his job too. He began designing games to earn money. One game was based on getting rich. For many people, the game was a dream of better times. It became one of the world’s most famous games.

What is the best title for this passage?

• Meet Charles Darrow

• The Monolopy Story

• Popular Board Games

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Americans like toast, eggs, and cereal. In China people eat congee, a thick rice. People in Japan often have a soup called miso. Pancakes made from lentil beans are favored in India. Bread and coffee with milk are the most popular breakfast foods in France. Breakfast around the world is a matter of different tastes.

What is the best title for this passage?

• Soup in the Morning

• Breakfast Around the World

• Something to Eat

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The Holland Tunnel is a roadway under the Hudson River. At one end of the tunnel is New York City. At the other end is the state of New Jersey. Almost 50,000 cars and trucks go through the Holland Tunnel each day. The distance is just over one and a half miles. Depending on the time of day,

it can be a long or short trip.

What would be the best title for this passage?

• A Long or Short Trip

• Riding Through a Tunnel

• Holland Tunnel Facts

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What is a census? A census is a count. Every ten years the U.S. Census Bureau counts people. It also finds out where people live, the kind of work they do, and other facts. The census tells whether the population of a state changes. The number of representatives a state has in Congress depends on its population. Census numbers are helpful in planning new roads, schools, and other things.

What is the best title for this passage?

• Every Ten Years

• The Census Counts

• Where People Live

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In the list of sentences below, one sentence is the central idea, and the other sentences are supporting details. Which sentence below is the CENTRAL IDEA (it summarizes the other 3 sentences)?

• Worker bees tend the hive and collect pollen.

• One queen fills the hive with eggs.

• Drones (male bees) mate with the queen.

• There are three types of bees in a hive, and each has an important job to do.

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In the list of sentences below, one sentence is the central idea, and the other sentences are supporting details. Which sentence below is the CENTRAL IDEA (it summarizes the other 3 sentences)?

• Students have many uses for computers.

• Students stay in touch with friends through social media.

• Students do much of their research on the Internet.

• Students play computer games online.

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In the list of sentences below, one sentence is the central idea, and the other sentences are supporting details. Which sentence below is the CENTRAL IDEA (it summarizes the other 3 sentences)?

• When answering the phone, some people's first words are, "Who's this?"

• Some people hang up without even saying goodbye.

• Some people never bother to identify themselves when calling someone.

• Some people have terrible telephone manners.

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In the list of sentences below, one sentence is the central idea, and the other sentences are supporting details. Which sentence below is the CENTRAL IDEA (it summarizes the other 3 sentences)?

• Stay inside a sturdy building or vehicle.

• If you are outside, avoid tall trees, water, and metal objects.

• There are certain actions you need to take to stay safe in a thunderstorm.

• Do not use telephones, electrical equipment, or run water.

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When trying to figure out the central idea of a text, what questions should you ask yourself?

(YOU CAN SELECT MORE THAN ONE ANSWER.)

• Are there certain words repeated multiple times?

• What do the topic and concluding sentences say?

• What idea is explained in the text by examples or explanations?

• What clues do the title, headings, and subheadings give me?

• What do all the details add up to say about the topic?

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