
Main Idea and Details

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English
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3rd Grade
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Rachel Robinson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Did you know there is junk in space? This junk is made up of old satellites, rockets, and even tools lost by astronauts. Space junk can hit a spacecraft and damage it. Scientists are working on ideas for getting rid of space junk.
What is the main idea?
Did you know there is junk in space?
This junk is made up of old satellites, rockets, and even tools lost by astronauts.
Space junk can hit a spacecraft and damage it.
Scientists are working on ideas for getting rid of space junk.
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CCSS.RI.3.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main idea of a paragraph, passage, or story?
It is the most important thought or what the passage, paragraph, or story is mostly about.
It is the most interesting thought or what the passage, paragraph, or story is somewhat about.
It is the most funny thought or what the passage, paragraph, or story is not about.
It is the most difficult to understand thought or what the passage, paragraph, or story is almost completely about.
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How are the main idea and details connected?
They aren't related to each other at all.
The details support the main idea.
The main idea supports the details.
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CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.SL.3.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Community names often have words for water in them. For example, Riverview is a town in Kansas. Running Springs is in California. You'll find Bay City in Michigan.
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
Community names often have words for water in them.
For example, Riverview is a town in Kansas.
Running Springs is in California.
You'll find Bay City in Michigan.
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CCSS.RI.3.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Some laws are really silly. In Idaho, you can get in trouble if you fish from a camel's back. In Arizona, there's a fine if you let a donkey fall asleep in your bathtub. In Vermont, it's against the law to whistle underwater.
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
Some laws are really silly.
In Idaho, you can get in trouble if you fish from a camel's back.
In Arizona, there's a fine if you let a donkey fall asleep in your bathtub.
In Vermont, it's against the law to whistle underwater.
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.SL.3.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Goats help prevent fires in California. In parts of the state, the fall season is very dry. Hot winds blow over the land. The smallest spark can start a fire. The fires spread easily through grasses and bushes. So people use goats to eat the plants as a form of fire control.
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
Goats help prevent fires in California.
Hot winds blow over the land.
The fires spread easily through grasses and bushes.
So people use goats to eat the plants as a form of fire control.
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main idea of the picture?
Kids smiling
Kids singing Christmas carols around a Christmas tree
Kids dancing
Kids having a contest on who can build the best snowman
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.RI.3.7
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