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Which tell the definition of the main idea?

• tells the most important thing about a topic

• the BIG idea

• what the passage is mostly about

• smaller pieces of information

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What is the main idea?
Puppies need special care.  They need to be fed twice a day.  You have to watch them closely or they will chew on almost anything.  Puppies need to go outside many times a day to learn how to go to the bathroom outside.  

• They need to be fed twice a day.
• You have to watch them closely.
• Puppies need special care.
• Puppies need to go outside many times a day.

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What is the main idea?
  Ways to Get to School
There are many different ways to get to school. Some children walk to school. Other children take a bus. Some children ride their bikes. Some children are driven to school by their parents.

• Some children walk to school.
• Some people ride the bus.
• There are different ways to get to school.
• Some people like to sing.

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Pizza is a favorite food in the United States. Pizza is from Italy in the late 1800s. It became popular in the United States after World War II. People like to add toppings. Some toppings are pepperoni, sausage, and vegetables. These toppings give pizza more flavor. Pepperoni is America’s favorite topping.

• Pizza is made from flour.

• Pizza was first made in Italy.

• You should eat the delicious pizza.

• Pizza is a popular meal in the United States.

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Hurricanes are large storms. They begin over the ocean. They gather heat and energy from the water. Hurricanes move slowly to land as they grow stronger. Hurricanes are dangerous because of their size. They are also dangerous because of high winds and big waves. Hurricanes can bring flooding, power outages, and tornadoes.

• Hurricanes are summer storms.

• Hurricanes are one type of storm.

• Hurricanes are large, dangerous storms.

• Hurricanes are just like tornadoes and floods.

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Living things are organisms with certain characteristics. They need water, food, and air to survive. They grow and change, and they move on their own. Living things reproduce, or make more of themselves. For example, plants and animals are living things. Plants make their own food and animals eat plants or other animals for food

• Animals make their own food.

• Animals make their own food.There are certain characteristics of living things.

• All living things need sunlight.

• Plants eat other plants

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What is the main idea?
Bears eat many types of food. They eat fish. They also eat berries. They even eat insects and insect nests!

• They eat fish.
• Bears eat many types of food.
• They also eat berries.
• They even eat insects and insect nests!

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What's the main idea?

• Food is allowed only in certain areas.

• Recycling saves the environment.

• Throw away garbage in garbage cans.

• The park opens at dawn and closes at dusk.

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What's the main idea?

• how animals move their babies

• Cats carry their babies in their mouths.

• Kangaroos carry their babies in their pouches.

• Fish carry their babies in their throats.

• Swans carry their babies on their backs.

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Babies use both hands. But babies use one hand more than the other. This hand may become the preferred one. How can you tell? Lay a baby on its back. Notice which side the baby faces. If the baby looks to the right most of the time, it will probably be right-handed. What does it mean if the baby faces left more often? The baby will most likely be left-handed.

• How to tell right- from left-handed babies

• That babies use their hands for many things.

• That there are more left-handed babies.

• Babies use both hands.

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