Main Idea and Supporting Details

What is main idea?

• The lesson that the author wants you to learn.

• What the text is mostly about.

• The meaning of the words.

• Describes in details the what the text is about.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What are supporting details?

• What the text is mostly about.

• Sentences that gives more information about the main idea.

• The definition of words in the text.

• The universal lesson that the author wants readers to learn.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

Is there a hairy monster in the Pacific Northwest? Some people think so. They say it lives in the mountains. They call it "Bigfoot". No one knows for sure if Bigfoot is real. Hundreds of people say they have seen the monster, and many more claim to have seen its huge footprints. Reports state that Bigfoot looks like an ape. It doesn't run, but it walks very fast. Bigfoot is said to be a fast swimmer as well. Reports of the strange Bigfoot make the monster an interesting puzzle.

What is the main idea of the text?

• The Pacific Northwest is a nice place to visit.

• Bigfoot looks like an ape.

• Bigfoot's physical features.

• Bigfoot is still a mystery.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.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 read better.

What is the main idea of the text?

• Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod.

• Benjamin Franklin invented the Franklin stove.

• Benjamin Franklin invented the bifocals.

• Benjamin Franklin was a great inventor.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2