main idea

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

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.

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?

• Scrabble is challenging and fun.
• Scrabble is a good game for Scrabble is a good game for building vocabulary.
• It takes skill to play a good game.
• Scrabble can take hours to play.

Mary has a new pet. Her pet is a baby kitten. It is soft and cuddly. The kitten likes to sleep a lot. Mary put a soft blanket in a box for its bed. Mary plays with her kitten when it is awake. She never forgets to feed her kitten.

What is the main idea?

• Mary’s new pet is a kitten.

• Mary want a new pet.

What does the main idea of a story tell the reader?

• a specific detail from the story

• The conflict of the story

• What the story is mostly about

• The universal truth, moral, or idea the author wants to express

What is the main idea of this picture?

• sports equipment

• fruit

• insects

• who or what the story is about

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.

Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.
What is this selection mainly about?

• Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.
• We will be able to talk to robots and they will be able to respond.
• You should give up if you are the Robots will look and behave much like real humans.
• Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience.

If the main idea is...
The Crayola crayon box has so many colors to use!
What could a detail be?

• I like to color in coloring books.
• Crayons are made of wax.
• Macaroni and Cheese is one of the colors!
• Crayola crayons are $2 for each box.

What is a topic?

• Sentences

• Who or what the writing is talking about