4th Grade, Unit 3 Mid-Point

1. Part A. What is the main idea of the passage?

• A. The author looked at the “super moon,” the biggest and brightest

  moon in twenty years.

• B. When the author looked at the “super moon,” it turned out to

  be unexciting.

• C. While looking at the “super moon,” the author noticed

  nighttime happenings.

• D. The author looked at the “super moon” after learning about it in

  the media.

Part B: Choose three sentences from the passage that support the

main idea in Part A. Check the box next to each sentence you choose.

What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

Select the sentence that best states the main idea.

• The night sky made me think about how people once believed

  Earth was the center of the universe.

• Today, we know that Earth orbits the sun (not the other way around).

• Our sun is a tiny star among countless other stars

• Many ordinary people today know

  much more about the sun, the moon, and the stars than the

  greatest scientists of the past ever did