Central Idea and Key Details

What are some strategies to find key details in a passage?

• Skimming, underlining, note-taking, summarizing, and asking questions.

• Highlighting, memorizing, guessing, and ignoring.

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Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball. They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score. Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.
What is the central idea?

• They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.
• Soccer players learn how to dribble.
• Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

The main idea is supported by what?

• concluding sentences
• details
• a chair

Why are key details important?

• They help me understand the main idea
• They are names of characters
• They are always written in bold print
• They are not important

The main idea is supported by what?

• concluding sentences
• details
• a chair

"Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the United States as a day for giving thanks for all of the blessings we've had that year.

It is celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday of November. The first Thanksgiving celebration was held in 1621. The Pilgrims and the Native Americans ate together back then. Today, we eat together with people who are important to us.

Traditional foods are turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Many people eat pumpkin pie for dessert. This gathering is a time to count our blessings and to be with our family and friends."

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Thanksgiving Day is a traditional day, to celebrate our blessings and family.

• The first Thanksgiving was held in 1621.

• Many people eat pumpkin pie for dessert.

What is the main idea of a passage?

• The main idea of a passage is the conclusion.

• The main idea of a passage is the central point or theme.

• The main idea of a passage is the supporting evidence.

• The main idea of a passage is the background information.

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One or two words about the whole text

• main idea

• supporting/key details

• topic

• recount

Describes what the text is mostly about

• main idea

• recount

• supporting/key details

• support

Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.
What is this selection mainly about?

• Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.
• We will be able to talk to robots and they will be able to respond.
• You should give up if you are the Robots will look and behave much like real humans.
• Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience.