Main Idea and Supporting Details

What is the main idea in the passage below:

Scruff collected bottles throughout 2022. The Grants keep them in their backyard. They will add them up in January. Then they will recycle them. There are at least 1,000, Grant said.

• Scruff collected bottles throughout 2022.

• The Grants keep them in their backyard.

• They will add them up in January.

• Then they will recycle them.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

What is the main idea of this passage?

But spiders are different. Imagine a bug landing on a web. This causes the web to vibrate. The spider can pick up these vibrations. They have tiny, sensitive hairs on their bodies. The hairs move in response to sounds.

• This causes the web to vibrate.

• The spider can pick up these vibrations.

• But spiders are different.

• They have tiny, sensitive haris on their bodies.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

What is the main idea of this passage?

Miles said spiders use the web like an ear. The web helps spiders detect little bugs. A bug flying nearby would cause the web to vibrate. This is because the sound creates a vibration. That gets the attention of the spider. It turns toward the sound.

• This is because the sound causes a vibration.

• A bug flying nearby would cause the web to vibrate.

• It turns toward the sound.

• Miles said spiders use the web like an ear.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which sentences below are supporting details. Mark ALL sentences.

Other people saw ice pancakes, too. People saw them on the River Kelvin. That’s near Glasgow, Scotland. And people saw the ice on the River Esk. That’s in northwest England. The ice pancakes formed because the United Kingdom got so cold.

• People saw them on the River Kelvin.

• And people saw the ice on the River Esk.

• Other people saw ice pancakes, too.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Mark ALL of the sentences that are supporting details for the main idea.

On open water, the pancakes form differently. First, cold weather creates a layer of ice. Water currents and waves break it apart. It breaks into chunks. The icy chunks crash into one another. This creates round edges. That’s how the ice gets its pancake shape.

• It breaks into chunks.

• On open water, the pancakes from differently.

• The icy chunks crash into one another.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Mark ALL supporting details for the main idea of the paragraph.

The school plans to start a new filmmaking program. It will offer classes on film, television and visual art. Students can learn coding and game design. The goal is to create young filmmakers. They will come from the classrooms of Atlanta.

• The school plans to start a new filmmaking program.

• Students can learn coding and game design

• It will offer classes on film, television, and visual art.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1