Main idea and supporting details

What is does a passage have that supports the Main Idea?!!

What does Main Idea mean?!!

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CCSS.RI.5.2

How do you feel about being able to find the main idea and supporting details in a text

• Great! I can do this in my sleep

• Okay. I would like more practice.

• Not good. I need more help on this.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

Main Idea: Bald eagles are skilled predators .

Which one is NOT a supporting idea for the main idea above?

• This fierce bird not only eats living prey. but will also eat dead animals.

• These powerful birds are able to lift prey that weigh up to four pounds.

• These birds are at the top of their food chain due to their size.

• Bald eagles build large nests in the tops of trees.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.8

Chad had finished making the gold chain for the necklace. He was preparing the pearls to be placed on the earrings. He washed the dishes after eating dinner.

Which one is an irrelevant detail in the text?

• He washed the dishes after eating dinner.

• Chad had finished making the gold chain for the necklace.

• He was preparing the pearls to be placed on the earrings.

Janice loves to go to basketball games. Her favorite team is the Houston Rockets. Janice enjoys watching the players warm-up before the game. She has been going to games since she was six years old.

Which of the following sentences is a supporting detail?

• Janice gets to the games late.

• Janice enjoys watching the players warm-up

• Janice likes the Lakers.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight.

What is a detail that tells about the main idea?

• Mount Rushmore is in Florida.

• Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln are the presidents carved into Mount Rushmore.

• No one is interested in Mount Rushmore anymore.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

Which sentence is a supporting detail that you should get enough sleep?

• Many people sleep later on the weekends.
• Caffeine keeps some people awake at night.
• Dark rooms are best for sleeping.
• Seven to nine hours keeps you refreshed the next day.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

Main Idea : Tornadoes are powerful storms.

Which one is NOT a supporting idea for the main idea above?

• This weather phenomenon has winds that reach 300 mph.

• A tornado over the water is called a waterspout.

• Tornadoes can lift cars, mobile homes and animals into the air.

• They can damage areas over a mile wide and 50 miles long.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.8

Scooby-Doo ran quickly through the haunted castle. Scooby was being chased by another ghost. This ghost was the scariest ghost Scooby had ever seen. Scooby never liked Ghosts.

What is a supporting detail in the passage?

• Scooby-Doo is waiting outside the castle.

• Scooby never liked Ghosts.

• Scooby likes to go ghost hunting.

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CCSS.RL.5.1