Mian Idea #1

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

• Tomatoes are good for you.
• Strawberries have seeds on the outside.
• It's important to eat vegetables and fruit.
• Spinach is good for your bones.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

If you read an essay about how important recycling is to our environment, what is the topic?

• littering
• plastic
• recycling
• paper

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

What are supporting details?

• Useless

• Details about the text that tell you about the setting

• Details from the text that tell you how the character is feeling

• Details from the text that develop the main idea

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

What kind of sentence tells the main idea of a paragraph?

• Supporting detail

• Example sentence

• Thesis sentence

• Transition sentence

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

The main idea of a text --

• is a lesson from the story

• will never use characters' names

• is what the story is mostly about

• is the story's message

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

A SUPPORTING detail explains the main idea in a paragraph. What does SUPPORT mean?

• to search and find
• to hold up and help
• to end
• to write

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

What are supporting details?

• Pieces of information that an author uses to develop the main idea and teach the reader about the topic

• The focus of an informational text; what the author wants the reader to learn or know

• Statistics that communicate important data to the reader

• The overall topic or focus of an informational text

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Children and teens who eat healthy school lunches (as opposed to unhealthy lunches) are 340% more likely to remember information presented in class throughout the day.

What kind of supporting detail is this?

• Quote

• Example

• Statistic

• Definition

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

The United States is a democracy, a system of government in which leaders are elected by the general population.

What kind of supporting detail is this?

• Statistic

• Definition

• Quote

• Anecdote

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

All around the world, children wake up, get dressed, brush their teeth, eat breakfast and walk to the bus stop. They talk with their peers about the day ahead, discussing upcoming tests and assignments. In some cases, all of this happens in the dark, before the sun has even risen. Yet studies show that later school start times are important for adolescent development and learning.

What kind of supporting detail is this?

• Anecdote

• Fact

• Statistic

• Definition

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1