Main Idea

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.

• Soccer players learn how to dribble.

• They learn how to work together as teammates.

• Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

What is the Main Idea?

• types of candies

• How yummy candy is

• How popular candies are produced each year

• What candy is made out of

The main idea is...

• What the story is mostly about

• The summary of the story

• The author's purpose of the story

Supporting details....

• are pointless when determining the central idea

• just give more information

• do not support the central idea

• help prove the central idea (evidence)

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.

• Soccer players learn how to dribble.

• They learn how to work together as teammates.

• Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

The frog sat on the side of the pond.  He was very still.  His green color made him hard to see.  A bug flew near him.  His tongue zipped out, and he gobbled it up.  Then the frog was still again.  He waited for the next bug.
What is the main idea?

• Frogs are green .

• Frogs eat bugs.

• Frogs do not move.

• Frogs live in ponds.

What is the main idea?

• what platypus like to do

• strange and uniques attributes of the platypus.

• What platypus like to eat 

• When platypus sleep

What is the main idea?

• Its the authors point of view

• Is what the passage is mostly about

• It is the sequence of the story.

What is the main idea?

• Gorillas are being misunderstood

• gorillas are mean

• gorillas are weird

What might be the central idea of a book titled "Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables?"

• Tomatoes are good for you.

• Strawberries have seeds on the outside.

• It's important to eat vegetables and fruit.

• Spinach is good for your bones.