Informational Text Review

What is central idea?

• a topic of a text
• what the author is saying about the topic
• details that support a claim
• an opinion disguised as a fact

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

Every morning, I wake up at about 7:00 AM. The first thing I do is make my bed and pick out the clothes I’m going to wear. Then, I brush my teeth and take a shower. After my shower, I dry my hair and get dressed.

• description

• compare & contrast

• order & sequence

• problem & solution

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

You may not know who Mark Zuckerberg is but I bet you know about Facebook. Zuckerberg and his roommates launched Facebook from their college dormitory at Harvard. Facebook started off as just a "Harvard thing," but Zuckerberg and roommates spread it to other universities like Stanford, Dartmouth, and NYU. As Facebook grew in size and popularity, Zuckerberg took investments but resisted buyout offers. The founders maintained control and in 2012 Facebook became a publically traded company. Today Facebook is one of the world’s most popular websites and Zuckerberg is the CEO. Facebook has over one billion users and Zuckerberg is one of the 25 richest people in America. That’s not too bad for a college dropout.

• Chronological

• Sequence/Order of Importance

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/Solution

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which best describes what a summary is?

• The main or most important idea of the text

• A really long detailed piece of writing

• A dumb thing teachers make you write

• The entire text in your own words

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.

Which sentence best summarizes the passage?

• Jenny likes bright colors.

• Jenny was going to paint her room.

• Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

• Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

When you read to gain information, look for the __________. That is the most important idea of a passage, or what the passage is mainly about.

• summarizing

• main idea

• inference

• supporting details

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CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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CCSS.RI.6.10

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the central idea?

• Who is the main character?
• What is the main event?
• What is one important detail?
• What point is the author trying to make?

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

Native Americans dried strips of meat, pounded it into a paste, and then mixed it with fat. Sometimes they added berries and sugar. Then they pressed it into small cakes. They called these cakes pemmican. Pemmican didn't spoil, and it provided lots of energy for people traveling or going hunting. Today explorers still carry and eat this food.
What is the passage mostly about?

• who uses pemmican today
• what can be put into pemmican
• how pemmican was prepared by Native Americans.
• why people eat pemmican today

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

If you are feeling sad, you can make yourself feel better by doing a few simple things. You can take a walk (or get another form of exercise), you can talk to a friend, or you can write down your feelings. Writing down the good things in your life will help too. Doing something good for someone else will also help you feel better. If you still feel a little sad, act happy. It works like magic to make you feel better!
What is the central idea?

• Sometimes people feel sad.
• You should do good things for others.
• We're not always happy.
• There are many ways to make yourself feel better. 

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

Saturn is a large planet. The only planet bigger than Saturn is Jupiter. Saturn Is called a gas giant because of its size. It is also known for having rings. Saturn is the second larges planet in our solar system.

• Jupiter is a large planet.

• Jupiter is a gas giant.

• Saturn is a large planet.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1