CENTRAL IDEA REVIEW

Scrabble is a game that provides hours of challenging fun for you and your friends. In this game you use your letters to build new words from words already on the game board. Scrabble is a fun way to learn new words and meanings.

What is the main idea of the passage?

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

The rainforest has four main layers. Different plants and animals live in each layer. Some layers get more sunlight than other layers. The names of these layers are the emergent layer, the canopy, the understory, and the forest floor.The main idea of this passage is "There are four main layers in the rainforest."Which of these sentences supports the main idea?

• The names of these layers are the emergent layer, the canopy, the understory, and the forest floor.

• The rainforest is huge.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

When a person decides to get a dog, he or she has many kinds to choose from. As a rule, short-haired dogs are best for cities. Beagles, Boston Terriers, and Dachshunds make good city pets. Great Danes are short-haired, too. However, they are too big for city living. It is hard in a city to give them all the exercise they need. Setters, Springer Spaniels, and Collies are especially good as country dogs.What is the main idea?

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Jacques Cousteau was a famous explorer. He studied the life at the bottom of the sea. He made photos of plants and animals. He could only stay underwater a short time. He wanted to stay down longer, so he and his friend built a new kind of diving machine. Cousteau wrote many books about the oceans. He also made films showing the bottom of the sea.What is the main idea of the paragraph?

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

The main idea of a story tells us ....

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

A non-fiction text is usually about real people, places, and events.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Thomas Jefferson was an important figure in early U.S. history. He was born in 1743 in the colony of Virginia. He became a lawyer and then grew active in the government of the new country that would become the United States.In 1776, he helped write the U.S. Declaration of Independence, which said that the American colonies were no longer tied to Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson became the third president of the United States. He died in 1826, but people in the United States are reminded of him every time they spend a nickel. His face is on one side, and his home, Monticello, is on the other.What is the main idea of the passage?

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.2.2