Main Idea

What kind of sentence tells the main idea of a paragraph?

• supporting detail
• topic sentence
• example sentence
• transition sentence

What might be the main idea of a book titled "Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables?"

• Tomatoes are good for you.
• Strawberries have seeds on the outside.
• It's important to eat vegetables and fruit.
• Spinach is good for your bones.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

Which chapter would have information about lions, tigers, and snow leopards?

• "Lion, King of the Jungle"
• "How Tigers get their Stripes"
• "Save the Snow Leopards"
• "Big Cats of the World"

A SUPPORTING detail explains the main idea in a paragraph. What does SUPPORT mean?

• to search and find
• to hold up and help
• to end
• to write

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CCSS.RI.5.2

What is a main idea?

• the central point of a piece of writing
• the information that supports the topic sentence
• the most interesting detail in a book
• the punctuation used in a paragraph

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CCSS.RI.5.2

If you read an essay about how important recycling is to our environment, what is the topic?

• littering
• plastic
• recycling
• paper

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CCSS.RI.5.2

If you read an essay about how important recycling is to our environment, what is the main idea?

• People shouldn't make so much plastic.
• People should pick up trash.
• People should eat healthy food.
• Recycling is important to protect the environment.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

If you can't figure out the main idea of a passage, what should you do?

• Try to recall every specific detail from the passage
• Ask yourself general questions about the passage
• Read the passage over and over until you have it memorized
• Read the passage once and don't look at it again.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contests. Sumo wrestling is a sport that started in Japan.

It takes place in a ring. Two players try to score points by holding each other down or pushing each

other out of the ring. Robot sumo uses robots instead of humans. The robot that scores the most

points wins.

Which of the following is a supporting detail of this paragraph?

• Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contests.

• Robot sumo contests are better than human sumo contests.

• Robot sumo uses robots instead of humans.

• Watching robot sumo is boring.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

What are supporting details?

• Useless

• Details from the text that tell you how the character is feeling

• Details about the text that tell you about the setting

• Details from the text that develop the main idea

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.W.5.2B