What is a main idea?

• The supporting details of a story

• Facts in a story

• The lesson of a story

• The big idea of a story

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

How do you make sure a detail supports the main idea?

• Find the detail you agree with

• Find a detail that helps build the main idea in the passage

• Find the detail that sounds the smartest

• Find the main idea

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the main idea of The Phantom Tollbooth?

• That Milo learns his lesson by going on a big adventure to the Land Beyond, where he rescues Rhyme and Reason.

• That being bored can lead to big adventures where you must go through strange and mysterious towns, cities, and characters.

• That learning is never useless, knowledge is power, having a different point of view is important, and using your imagination can bring great joy to a boring world.

• That sometimes being bored can be okay as long as you take time to go on adventures to help you grow as a person.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

How do you make an inference?

• You find the inference in the passage

• You put supporting clues from the passage together to make your best guess

• It is the main idea of the passage

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which song lyric has a word that means "glitters, shines, twinkles, etc"?

• I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, with every Christmas card I write

• Chestnuts roasting by an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose

• Where treetops glisten, and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow.

• You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout I'm telling you why! Santa Claus is coming to town!

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

How do you draw a conclusion from what you read in a text?

• With a paper and pencil

• You look at the main idea and that is your conclusion

• You read the text and put the key details together that you have read

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is a common figurative language phrase people use when they feel sick?

• Sick as a dog

• Break a leg

• Don't let the cat out of the bag

• I'm gonna hurl

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Match the following verb meanings:

• Tinker

• Tease

• Taunt

• Move

• Transfer

• Repair

Choose the best beginning sentence AND the best ending sentence for this essay.

Shadow Fort

My friends and I love it. We can hang out there, plan neat stuff, eat, and rest. Shadow Fort is my favorite place for lots of reasons.

First of all, there’s plenty of room for a few kids. It’s large (gargantuan to me). The fort is 3 ft. 8 in. high, 5 ft. 3 in. long, and 3 ft. 6 in. wide. There’s a place in back (we call it the pantry) for crackers, grapefruit, avocadoes, potatoes, carrots, berries, and Spanish moss. The roof is made of 4-ft. palm leaves and smaller fronds.

Second, this fort is the first structure I ever built, with the help of my friend Kevin. We built it during a light shower. It was only a few vines that tangled together to make a kind of cave that we could crawl under. We worked fast to put palm fronds and leaves over the vines. “Quick! Let’s get inside!” I shouted to Kevin. We got inside in the nick of time. It began to rain powerfully, and oh how the wind blew! But our fort kept us safe and dry. Later we named it Shadow Fort because it sits in a shady area.

Also, Shadow Fort is my favorite place because it has everything we need. We keep food in the pantry, a small cot to sit on, and we even have a plywood door. When I’m there with my friends, I feel happy as a cat with cream!

• The way to build a fort is to first gather all your materials together.

• My best friend's fort is better than mine!

• As you can see, my friends and I always have the best time in my shadow fort!

• Maybe I can make a longer shadow fort next time.

• I have my very own shadow fort.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which detail does NOT match the setting like the rest of the text?

It mesmerizes the eyes to gaze at the beautiful creatures that hover all over the beach and on the deep-sea waters. There are sights of beautiful birds that fly all over the snowy, iced over shore and over the sea waters. Their colored feathers brightened the sea with a marvelous appearance at their illumination by the sun’s rays.

There are varieties of birds that are in the vicinity. For instance, there are pelicans and seagulls. Pelicans are seen hovering over the sand, singing sweet melodies that make the atmosphere at the beach vibrant. The seagulls are also observed to be flying over the seawater in small groups. Some of the birds are gathered in groups spreading the wings that cloaked a soft shadow on the gentle water ripples.

• sea with a marvelous appearance at their illumination by the sun’s rays

• over the snowy, iced over shore and over the sea waters

• 
  that cloaked a soft shadow on the gentle water ripples.

• eyes to gaze at the beautiful creatures that hover all over the beach

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2