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Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.  Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball.  They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.  Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.

What is the main idea?

• 
  They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.

• They learn how to work together as teammates.

• 
  Soccer players learn how to dribble.

• Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

What is a statement that tells what a passage is mostly about called?

• Topic

• Main Idea

• Claim

• key details

True or False: The main idea does not need supporting details.

• True

• False

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

• Who is the main character?

• what is one important detail?

• What is the main event?

• What point is the author trying to make?

Recount means...?

• retell; tell again

• conclude after reasoning

• 
  recognize or name

• 
  

  important words

Mary has a new pet.  Her pet is a baby kitten.  It is soft and cuddly.  The kitten likes to sleep a lot.  Mary put a soft blanket in a box for its bed.  Mary plays with her kitten when it is awake.  She never forgets to feed her kitten.
What is the main idea?

• The kitten slept a lot.

• Mary's new pet is a kitten.

• Mary plays with her kitten.

• Mary wants a new pet.

A baby koala has a pretty easy life. After it is born, the baby koala is carried in its mother’s pouch and is fed by her. When the koala is sixth months old, its eyes are widely open and it is eager to see the outside world. So its mother carries it on her back until the baby koala is almost as big as she is.

The topic of the paragraph is __________.

• A koala's mother

• Baby Koalas

• a pretty easy life.

• how to own a Koala

Birds are excellent source of food. Chickens and turkeys are examples of birds which supply man with great quantities of meat. Chickens and other birds also supply eggs. Farmers consider most birds as friends because they eat insect pests and the seeds of weeds.

Birds are useful to people.

What is the best topic of this passage?

• Chicken

• Birds

• Farms

• the farmer

Are you in the habit of skipping breakfast? Breakfast is important; it gets your metabolism going. Then spread your remaining calories throughout the rest of the day by eating a wholesome lunch, nutritious snack, and balanced dinner. Eating this way keeps your metabolism high. You are also less likely to binge on junk food. You will have more energy and feel better if you eat nutritious food at least every four hours.

What is the best topic of this passage?

• Breakfast

• Skipping Breakfast

• Metabolism

• junk food

What animal has the longest nose in the world? If you thought the elephant, you were right. The elephant’s nose, called a trunk, is also the most useful nose in the world. The elephant uses its nose to sniff food, roll logs, and fight foes. When it is thirsty, the elephant can drink six quarts with its nose. It also uses its nose for taking a bath too.

Which statement IS the supporting detail?

• 
  The elephant uses its nose to fight foes.

• 
  The elephant can drink a lot of water.

• The elephant’s nose is called a trunk.