Main Idea & Vocabulary One Well

What is a main idea?

• One supporting detail that leads you to a main idea.

• The big idea the author wants you to know.

• The main event in wrestling.

• When you think of something, you get an idea.

What is a supporting detail?

• Facts and pieces of information that lead you to understand the main idea.

• When you have to support someone.

• Details that are not important.

• The big idea the author wants you to know.

What is a well?

• A big sea animal.

• When someone cries.

• A deep hole in the ground with water in it.

Which one of these is the best example of something essential?

• Donuts

• Water

• Playgrounds

Which one of these is a faucet?

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Which is an image of a glacier?

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What is a glacier?

• an area filled with water

• a small body of still water

• a visible mass of vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.

• a slowly moving mass or river of ice

Which is an accurate picture of global?

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What does essential mean?

• Not important.

• A weather event.

• Extremely important.

Check all that apply. Which can be used as strategies to find the main idea?

• Repeated words

• The title

• First and last sentences

• closing your eyes when you read