Checkpoint 2 Main Idea Level 3

The main idea is the overall what?

• Message

• Feeling

• Setting

The setting, characters, and mood of the book are examples

of:

• Topics

• Supporting details

• Desk items

You can look at what on the cover to get clues to the main

idea?

• Author’s name

• Color

• Title

The main idea can be told to someone in:

• 5 sentences

• 1 sentence

• Paragraph

The general subject of the book is the:

• Topic

• Main idea

• Setting

Circle all the supporting details in the 3 Little Pigs:

• Bad wolf

• Pig 1

• Pig 2

• Pig 3

• Brick house

Reading the first sentence will give you a clue to the:

• Characters

• Weather

• Main idea

Which story has the main idea: A girl learned to never talk to

strangers when walking in the woods to grandmother’s house.

• Goldilocks

• Red Riding Hood

• Rudolph

True or False: The summary and the main idea are the same

thing.

• True

• False

True or False. The setting and characters help to create the

main idea.

• True

• False