Main Idea Details

What is the main idea?
  Ways to Get to School
There are many different ways to get to school. Some children walk to school. Other children take a bus. Some children ride their bikes. Some children are driven to school by their parents.

• Some children walk to school.

• Some people ride the bus.

• There are different ways to get to school.

• Some people like to sing.

Please read the following details and determine the main idea of these words.
-ghosts
-October
-costumes
-pumpkins
-haunted houses

• Halloween

• Christmas

• Spring

• Birds

What does the MAIN IDEA of a story tell the reader?

• The lesson or moral 

• The conflict of the story

• What the story is about 

• The beginning, middle, or end

The main idea is supported by what?

• concluding sentences

• details

• a chair

Where in the text can you sometimes find the main idea?

• Beginning/end

• Middle 

Please read the following details and determine the main idea of these words.
-pineapple
-apple
-grapes
-strawberry
-oranges

• Dessert

• Fattening foods

• fruits

• sports

What is the main idea?

• There are many fun things to do at the beach.

• It is also fun to look for shells.

• Some people simply like to sunbathe.

• Going to the beach to swim can be fun.

A bat can fly at night or even with its eyes closed.  But if you cover its ears, it can't fly very well.  Bats make sounds that people can't hear.  The bats find their way by listening to these sounds as they echo off things.  Bats even locate insects to eat by following the sounds that bounce off the bugs.  People use their eyes, but bats use their ears to know where they're going.  This paragraph mainly tells:

• how bats use sound

• what things bats often eat as food

• how bats fly toward people

• how people can hear the sounds of bats

Read the following details and determine the main idea of the words.
-theater
-candy
-popcorn
-dark

• Playing at the park.

• Going to school.

• Playing a soccer game.

• Going to the movies.

What is a main idea? 

• The purpose of the passage

• A minor detail

• It is the same as the topic

• the most important idea about a topic that a particular text or paragraph conveys