Main Idea

What is the main idea?

• Bats are mammals.

• Bats eat 600 mosquitos in one hour.

• Bats eat many insects.

What is the main idea?

• All birds can talk.

• Birds can sing beautiful songs.

• Birds make good pets.

What is the main idea?

• Apples are red and green.

• Fruit is good for you.

• Fruit comes in many different colors.

What is the main idea?

• School is out for the summer.

• It can get very hot in the summer.

• Swimming is fun.

What is the main idea?

• Everyone lives in the city.

• People work in the city.

• There are many people in the city.

I can't wait until this weekend! We’re going to my grandparents’ house and my entire family will be there. I will spend most of my time playing games with my cousins. We always have such a good time together! The day goes by so fast, and by the end we are all exhausted... but we still don’t want to leave!
What is the main idea?

• Weekends are times to travel.
• The author enjoys spending time with her family.
• The author's grandparents live far away.
• The author is sad to leave her cousins.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown are bakers.  They work at a store called Bake Goods to Go.  Mrs. Jones works nights.  She bakes cakes, cookies, and pies.  Mrs. Brown works in the daytime.  She bakes bread and rolls.  Both Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown are very good bakers.
What is the main idea?

• Mrs. Jones bakes pies.
• Mrs. Brown bakes rolls.
• Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown are bakers
• They work at a store called Bake Goods to Go.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

Jon held the ball in his hands.  He bounced it slowly on the ground.  Once. Twice. He crouched low and then jumped.  The ball flew into the air.  Up, up, up, it went.  Then down, down, into the basket.  “Yes!” he yelled.  “Nothing but net!”
What is the main idea?

• How to throw a basketball.
• Jon could jump.
• Jon liked basketball.
• Jon makes a basket.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

Jenny visited her grandmother in the hospital.  She saw how kind and helpful the nurses were to her grandmother.  Now she wants to be a nurse when she grows up.  She wants to help sick people get well. 
What is the main idea?

• Jenny got sick.
• Jenny wants to be a nurse.
• Her grandmother was in the hospital.
• Jenny was glad the nurses were being kind to her grandmother.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

It was backward day at school.  The students had to do things backward.  Some of them wore their T-shirts backward.  They took a test before they studied the lesson.  Dessert was served first instead of last.  They tried to walk home backward, but they bumped into each other and fell down. 
What is the main idea?

• Dessert is supposed to come last.
• The students had a backward day.
• It is hard to do things backward.
• Students failed their tests.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2