Main Idea

What is main idea?

• What the story in mostly about.

• The people, animals, or creatures in a story.

• Something that can be truth.

Read the details from a paragraph about swimming.

• - Swimming can help your legs become stronger.

• - Swimming can strengthen your heart.

• - Swimming can help keep your lungs healthy.
  
  

Question:

What is the main idea that ties all the details together?

• Swimming is good for your body.

• Diving into water is a hard skill to master.

Read the details from a paragraph about baseball players.

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• - Baseball players have to run around bases quickly to score.

• - Baseball players sometimes have to run to catch a ball hit into the air.

• - Baseball players sometimes need to chase other players to tag them out.

Question:

What is the main idea that ties all the details together?

• Baseball players need to be fast to run away from other players.

• Running is an important skill for baseball players.

Read the details from a paragraph about boats.

• - Sailboats are powered by the wind pushing against a sail.

• - Motorboats are pushed forward by their motors.

• - People use oars or paddles to row rowboats.
  
  Question:

What is the main idea that ties all the details together?

• Boats are often named by how they are powered.

• Many boats use power from wind to move.

Read the details from a paragraph about leopards.

• - Leopards growl when they're angry.

• - Leopards purr when they're happy.

• - Leopards make hissing sounds when they're afraid.
  

Question:
What is the main idea that ties all the details together?

• Leopards roar to keep others away from their homes.

• The sounds leopards make can show how they feel.

Read the details from a paragraph about rainbows.

• - Rainbows are most often seen when there is rain in the sky.

• - You can sometimes see a rainbow when water is sprayed from a hose.

• - A rainbow will sometimes appear around waterfalls.
  

Question:
What is the main idea that ties all the details together?

• Rain clouds can make enormous shapes in the sky.

• Rainbows can be seen when there is water in the air.