Main Idea and Supporting Details

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What is one supporting detail about ice cream? Options: it comes in a variety of flavors, ice cream is a popular dessert, ice cream, I love ice cream.

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it comes in a variety of flavors

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What is the main idea of the passage about Spots the cat?

Spots was a large grey and white cat. Spots lived in a barn on a farm. Spots liked living in the barn. It was warm in the winter and cool in the summer. There were many mice for Spots to chase. Best of all, Spots had a soft place to sleep in the corner of the barn.

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The barn was a good place for Spots to live.

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Which sentence is a supporting detail that recycling is important?

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Recycling paper saves trees from being cut down.

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If you are feeling sad, you can make yourself feel better by doing a few simple things. You can take a walk (or get another form of exercise), you can talk to a friend, or you can write down your feelings. Writing down the good things in your life will help too. Doing something good for someone else will also help you feel better. If you still feel a little sad, act happy. It works like magic to make you feel better!
What is the main idea?

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There are many ways to make yourself feel better.

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What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea? Options:

Who is the main character?

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What is the main event?

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What is one important detail?

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What point is the author trying to make?

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What point is the author trying to make?

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Reading is a great way to learn. There are millions of books to choose from on just about any topic you want to research. Reading can be for learning or just for pleasure. You can read from an actual book, or on an electronic device such as a computer or an e-Reader. Informational text is a great genre to read if you want to learn interesting facts about a subject.

What is the main idea?

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Reading is a great way to learn.

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Read the paragraph below and identify the main idea: "Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They have long trunks, large ears, and thick legs. Elephants are known for their intelligence and strong social bonds." Options: Elephants are known for their intelligence, Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth, Elephants have long trunks and large ears, Elephants have strong social bonds.

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Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth.

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Supporting detail for: "Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth"?

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Elephants have long trunks.

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Read the paragraph and identify the main idea: "Bees are important for pollination. They help plants grow by transferring pollen from one flower to another. Without bees, many plants would not be able to produce fruits and seeds."

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Bees are important for pollination.

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Supporting detail for the main idea that "Bees are important for pollination"?

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Bees help plants grow by transferring pollen.