Central Idea

What is a topic?

• the writer's opinion about a text
• the general subject of a text
• the details that explain the text
• a retelling of the most important ideas

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CCSS.W.5.2A

What does the central idea of a story tell the reader?

• a specific detail from the story
• The conflict of the story
• What the passage is mainly about

• The universal truth, moral, or idea the author wants to express

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CCSS.RL.5.2

What text features can give you a clue of what the main idea is?

• Title
• Headings
• Pictures
• All of these

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CCSS.RI.5.2

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main 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.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

“The rain forest is home to many creatures. Monkeys, toucans and macaws live in the rain forest. Butterflies and anteaters also live in the rain forest.”
What is the central idea?

• Sloths and tapirs are other creatures that live in the rain forest.
• The rain forest is home to many creatures.
• Monkeys, toucans and macaws live in the rain forest.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

School uniforms are far cheaper than the currently popular fashions. Many students work long hours at a paying job instead of doing homework because they feel they have to "keep up appearances." If students wore uniforms, there would be no need for most of them to have jobs that take away from their study time.

This passage is mostly about?

• popular fashions being expensive
• school uniforms being a good idea.
• students working many hours at jobs.
• teens enjoying wearing uniforms.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

Benjamin Franklin invented many things that made life easier in the late 1700’s.  He invented the lightning rod that saved many homes from fires.  He also invented the Franklin stove.  The stove could heat a room better than a fireplace and saved people a lot of fuel.  He also invented a special kind of glasses called bifocals.  This new kind of glasses helped people to read better.

• Benjamin Franklin thought reading was important.
• Benjamin Franklin was not afraid of fire.
• Benjamin Franklin was a great inventor.
• A Franklin stove can heat a whole room.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.3

 It is estimated that over twenty million pounds of candy corn are sold in the US each year.  Brach's, the top manufacturer, sells enough candy corn to circle the earth 4.25 times if each piece were laid end to end.  That's a lot of candy corn, but that's nothing compared to Tootsie Roll production.  Over 64 million Tootsie Rolls are produced every day!  But even Tootsie Rolls have got nothing on the candy industry's staple product, chocolate.  Confectioners manufacture over twenty billion pounds of chocolate in the United States each year.  Now that's a mouthful! 

•  This central idea is about chocolate. 
•  The central idea is how Tootsie Rolls are better than candy corn. 
•  The central idea is about how to circle the earth 4.25 times. 
•  The central idea is about how many popular candies are produced each year.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2