Main Idea and Supporting Details

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Main Idea and Supporting Details
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Main Idea

• It is a big statement about the whole article,
  story, or text.
• When you find the main idea of a text, you are
  answering the question, What is this text mostly
  about?
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How do you find the Main Idea?

• The author might state the main idea, but some
  times, the reader has to make an inference to
  figure out the main idea.
• Ask yourself, What do these sentences have in
  common? and youll be on your way to finding the
  main idea.

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What do these things have in common?
SPORTS
FLOWERS

• ____________________basketballhockeytennisfoo
  tball

• ____________________rosedaisybuttercupcarnati
  on

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How is the topic different than the main idea?
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Find the Main Idea

• Lantern fish live near the bottom of the ocean
  where it is very dark, so they carry their own
  lights. The lights look like tiny glowing
  pearls. They are called photophores. A lantern
  fish can flash its photophores on and off.

TOPIC
MAIN IDEA
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Find the Main Idea

• A backswimmer has a rounded back and its
  underside is flat. When it floats on its back it
  looks like a little boat. It rows itself along
  in the water using its two hind legs like oars.
  The backswimmer spends most of its time upside
  down.

TOPIC
MAIN IDEA
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Supporting Details

• They are evidence and examples working to support
  and explain the main idea.
• What are the 4 key words in this definition?
• Evidence
• Examples
• Support
• Explain

Chocolate Chips are like Supporting Details they
are held together by the main idea.
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Main Idea vs. Supporting Details

• If the main idea is Cheetahs run fast, then the
  supporting details will provide evidence or
  examples of the cheetahs speed.

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How does a table relate to todays lesson?

• The table top is like the ____________while the
  legs of the table are like the ___________________
  ____.

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Independent Practice

• Complete the 3 main idea questions on the first
  page.
• Always ask yourself, What is this passage mostly
  about?

Main Idea
Supporting Details
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Independent Practice

• Complete the 3 main idea questions on the second
  page.
• Always ask yourself, What is this passage mostly
  about?

Main Idea
Supporting Details
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Main Idea and Supporting Details

• Probably the best-known rodeo cowboy in the world
  is Larry Mahan. Mahan was the national champion
  six times before he was 30. When he got too old
  to be in the rodeo, he didn't stop doing rodeo
  work. He started a rodeo school.

MAIN IDEA
TOPIC
SUPPORTING DETAILS
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Main Idea and Supporting Details

• The lack of gravity in space makes even simple
  tasks a challenge. Astronauts have to wear boots
  that hold their feet to the floor so that they
  can walk, and to eat soup, the astronauts cut a
  hole in one end of the bag and squeeze it into
  their mouths.

MAIN IDEA
TOPIC
SUPPORTING DETAILS