MAIN IDEA AND DETAILS

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Fun activities at the beach include swimming, snorkeling, beach volleyball, shell collecting, and sunbathing.

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Many fun things to do at the beach.

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Main idea of soccer skills learned:

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Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

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Main idea?

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What the passage is all about.

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Frogs and toads look alike but differ: frogs need water, have long legs, smooth skin, and webbed feet; toads live on land, have shorter legs, rough skin, and are poor swimmers. Title for this paragraph?

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Comparing Frogs and Toads

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Milk, Cry, Bottle, Diaper, Sleep, Rattle, Blanket relate to:

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Baby

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Giraffes make noises when hurt (low moo) or frightened (short, high sound).

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Giraffes do make noises.

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Supporting details?

Back

Details that develop the main idea.

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Main idea of the paragraph about weather reporters.

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Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way.

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Caught in a thunderstorm, you see a mysterious white hot ball of electricity that shoots sparks at you. About 1 in 150 people report seeing similar 'ball lightning,' which can burn if touched. In 2007, Brazilian scientists discovered that metal elements in soil can combine with lightning to create vapor, which burns when combined with oxygen. They tested this by shocking metals with electricity, creating balls of lightning that burned for up to eight seconds. Why did scientists shock the metals?

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Metals can combine with electricity to make vapor.

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Supporting detail that doesn't fit: My cat is afraid of everything.

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He sleeps all day long.