Main Idea Mastery

The supporting details in a text are...

• A complete sentence that tells what the author wants us to understand about a text.

• Words or phrases from the text that "back up" or "prove" the main idea.

• The person, place, thing, or idea that the text is about.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Lions live in groups called prides

• Male lions leave their prides to start a new one

• Female lions stay in the pride they were born to

• Prides are mostly made up of female lions

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Lions live in Africa.

• Lions are meat eaters.

• Lions do not usually attack humans.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Penguins have water proof feathers.

• Penguins are built for swimming.

• Penguins are birds.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Blue whales eat krill.

• Blue whales live in the ocean.

• Blue whales are the largest animals.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Blue whale babies are called calves.

• Blue whale babies drink milk.

• Blue whale calves are born already very large.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Gorillas are herbivores.

• Gorillas have large brains.

• Gorillas are different from monkeys in many ways.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

What is the main idea of this passage?

• The monorail can bring you to the moon!

• Disney has many ways to get from place to place.

• Disney has hotels, shops, and theme parks.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Zebras live in herds to protect themselves and others.

• Zebras attack lions and hyenas.

• Living in a herd is fun for a zebra.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have nine thousand taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.

• Why we can taste only sweet thing

• We taste through our nose.

• Taste buds help use taste and are located in many places.

• We have nine thousand taste buds just on the tongue alone.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.2.2