Main Idea and Support Details

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RI.4.2, RL.3.2, RL.4.1

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Main Idea and Support Details

So what is main idea?

It is what the passage/text is mostly about.

And supporting details are...

Ideas and evidence explained in the text that help support the main idea!

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Multiple Choice

What is one supporting details from the text?
Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies. They nurse their babies. They protect them from danger. And they teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.

Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies.

They teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.

Baby gorillas need their mothers a lot.

Mother gorillas prefer to keep their babies safe.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the following paragraph?
Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies. They nurse their babies. They protect them from danger. And they teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.

Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies.

The baby gorillas are very small.

Baby gorillas need their mothers a lot.

Mothers gorillas protect their babies.

Multiple Choice

Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight.

What is a detail that tells about the main idea?

how the four presidents were chosen

why Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota

which presidents are at Mount Rushmore

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is a supporting detail that you should get enough sleep?

Many people sleep later on the weekends.

Caffeine keeps some people awake at night.

Dark rooms are best for sleeping.

Seven to nine hours keeps you refreshed the next day.

Multiple Choice

Key details give important information to support the main idea.

True

False

Multiple Choice

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.

Multiple Choice

There are many fun things to do at the beach. Swimming is one thing that can be done at the beach. Snorkeling is another thing that can be enjoyed. Playing beach volleyball can be a lot of fun. It is also fun to look for shells. Some people simply like to sunbathe.
What is the main idea?

There are many fun things to do at the beach.

It is also fun to look for shells.

Some people simply like to sunbathe.

Going to the beach to swim can be fun.

Multiple Choice

The main idea is what the story is ______________ about.

mostly

only

never

very

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