Main Idea and Supporting Details

What might be the main idea of a book titled "Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables"?

• Tomatoes are easy to cook.

• It's important to eat vegetables and fruit.

• Strawberries have seeds on the outside.

• Spinach is good for your bones.

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Which chapter would have information about tigers, lions, and snow leopards?

• Lion, King of the Jungle

• How Tigers Get Their Stripes

• Big Cats of the World

• Save the Snow Leopards

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What might be the main idea of a book on Jackie Robinson, one of the first African American Major League Baseball players?

• Jackie Robinson was born in 1919

• Jackie Robinson's jersey number was 42

• Jackie Robinson is a hero to many people.

• Jackie Robinson retired at the age of 37

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

The main idea of the paragraph is

• what New York was like in 1850

• the story behind cuffs on pants

• how to keep pants clean in the mud

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main idea

A detail that tells about the main idea is

• why the man turned up his pants

• who was getting married that day

• what people said about the weather

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supporting detail

The best title for this paragraph would be

• A Rainy Day in New York

• Keeping Your Clothes Clean

• How Cuffs Turned Up

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main idea

The main idea of the paragraph is

• airplanes are like trucks

• some trucks carry food

• how trucks help planes

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supporting detail

A detail that tells about the main idea is

• trucks are more important than planes

• many people carry on their luggage

• airplanes depend on trucks for fuel

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supporting detail

The best title for this paragraph would be

• The Role of Trucks at Airports

• Repair Trucks on the Runway

• Mail Trucks and Cargo Trucks

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main idea

What is the main idea of the following paragraph?
Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies. They nurse their babies. They protect them from danger. And they teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.

• Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies.
• The baby gorillas are very small.
• Baby gorillas need their mothers a lot.
• Mothers gorillas protect their babies.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

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CCSS.RL.4.2