Central Idea Task Cards 6-10

Part A: What is the central idea?

• A The elves help the shoemaker.
• B The shoemaker is kind.
• C The elves are set free.
• D The shoemaker needs help.

Part B: Fill in the circle before the detail from the passage that supports your answer in Part A.

• A He cuts out the pieces of leather before going to bed
• B so that he can sew them into a pair of shoes in the morning.
• C Three elves come in the night and make the pair of shoes
• D which he sells for more than his asking price.

What is the central idea?

• A Evaporation is when water heats up.
• B Condensation is when water vapor turns back into a liquid.
• C Precipitation is when water builds up in the clouds.
• D In the water cycle water evaporates, condenses, and falls as precipitation.

What is the central idea?

• A Liquids are an in-between state of matter.
• B Liquids take the shape of its container and are hard to compress.
• C Water is an example of a type of liquid.
• D Liquids are hard to compress because the atoms are closer together.

Part A: What is the central idea?

• A Dogs can be very helpful to humans.
• B Many animals have stronger senses than humans.
• C Birds have amazingly sharp vision.
• D Bats have a special sense called echolocation.

Part B: Which sentence supports the answer in Part A?

• A Some animals have stronger senses than humans.
• B Dogs, for example, have powerful noses.
• C Bats and dolphins have echolocation.

What is the central idea?

• A The ugly duckling trying to survive the cold winter.
• B The ugly duckling wishing he was a swan.
• C The ugly duckling being teased by his family.
• D The ugly duckling being sad and alone.