Central Idea

It takes a lot of trucks to get an airplane ready to fly. Fuel trucks are very important. They fill the fuel tanks of planes. Baggage trucks carry people’s suitcases to and from planes. Still other trucks deliver food.You might also see mail trucks and cargo trucks. Also standing by at airports are repair trucks.

The central idea of this paragraph is which of the following?

• airplanes are like trucks

• some trucks carry food

• how trucks help planes

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

It takes a lot of trucks to get an airplane ready to fly. Fuel trucks are very important. They fill the fuel tanks of planes. Baggage trucks carry people’s suitcases to and from planes. Still other trucks deliver food.You might also see mail trucks and cargo trucks. Also standing by at airports are repair trucks.

A detail that tells about the main idea is:

• trucks are more important than planes

• many people carry on their luggage

• airplanes depend on trucks for fuel

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

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 main idea (central idea)?

• people in China and Japan like different foods

• cereal is a popular breakfast food in the United States

• people eat different foods for breakfast around the world

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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.

A detail that tells about the main idea is:

• breakfast is an important meal

• everyone eats eggs at breakfast

• people in India eat lentil pancakes

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Horses are often helpers for humans. In some communities the police ride horses to control large crowds. Cowboys use horses to help round up herds of cattle. In some countries

farmers still use horses to pull plows or wagons. People also use horses to carry them from place to place.

What is the main idea (or central idea) of this paragraph?

• the different jobs that horses can do

• how the police use horses in crowds

• the ways that animals help people

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Horses are often helpers for humans. In some communities the police ride horses to control large crowds. Cowboys use horses to help round up herds of cattle. In some countries

farmers still use horses to pull plows or wagons. People also use horses to carry them from place to place.

A detail that tells more about the main idea is:

• how cowboys use horses in their work

• the kinds of horses used in police work

• the names of countries using farm horses

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2