Main Idea
What is Main Idea?
What is what the text is mostly about?
A student returns from recess crying. What can you infer happened at recess?
(answers will vary)
1. The student did not have anyone to play with at recess.
2. The student got hurt at recess.
3. The student is upset that recess is over.
This text feature darkens important words or information that you can usually find in the glossary at the back of the book.
What is bold or bolded words?
Standing at the starting line, the boy felt sure he would win the race.
A. brave
B. confident
C. bored
What is confident?
correct in all details; exact
careless, accurate, mistaken, general
What is accurate?
True or False: Theme and Main Idea are the same thing.
What is False?
Mary plays her flute for two hours every day. What can you infer?
(Answers might vary)
1. I can infer, Mary in the near future will become good at playing the flute.
2. I can infer, Mary is quite determined to become good at playing the flute.
This text feature is an alphabetical list of terms or words usually found in the back of the book with definitions.
What is glossary?
I felt this way when I heard that she won the contest and I didn't.
A. jealous
B. miserable
C. strong
What is jealous?
collected, composed, restless, quiet
What is restless?
Before toothbrushes were invented, people cleaned their teeth with small twigs. The first toothbrushes were made from bones and bristles from boars, horsehairs, or even feathers. Today the bristles on most toothbrushes are made from nylon.
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
Before toothbrushes were invented people used other objects to clean their teeth.
White flakes fell from the sky and covered the roads. Lucy crawled out of bed and peeked out the window. Her eyes lit up when she realized she definitely wouldn't have school today!
What can you infer?
I can infer that she is home due to a Snow Day!
This text feature is a list of words or phrases in the back of the book to find where information can be located.
What is index?
She saw an old lady struggling with heavy bags and she offered to carry them for her. What character trait does this individual possess?
A. loving
B. creative
C. helpful
What is C. Helpful?
cause a person or animal to feel sudden shock or alarm
calm, reassure, composed, startle
What is startle?
Solar ovens use energy from the sun. When a family uses a solar oven to cook their food they do not have to collect wood for fuel or spend money to buy fuel. Solar ovens are a good option for many families in developing countries.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
When Sara looked outside, she knew it would be the perfect day to snuggle up with her favorite book, slippers, and cup of hot chocolate. Maybe she could have warm soup for lunch too.
What can you infer?
I can infer the weather is either cold or rainy and that is why she wants to stay inside.
"The Gila (HE-la) Monster is a kind of lizard."
The text feature within the parenthesis is known as...
What is pronunciation guide?
True or False: A character can portray both good and bad character traits.
What is True?
Synonym for defend
halfway, protect, discuss, determined
Christopher Paolini was just 15 years old when he wrote teh first draft to the fantasy book Eragon. His parents helped him self-publish and to promote the book in schools and libraries. Three years later, Knopf Books for Young readers asked Christopher's family if they could publish the book. Today, Eragon is a best seller!
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Christopher Paolini became an author at a young age with the help of his parents.
Dad began tapping his fingers on the table. His stomach growled and he looked at his watch. Mom fiddled with her straw and eyed the food at the other table. The kids began to whine.
What can you infer?
I can infer they are at a restaurant and their food is taking a long time.
The information that is boxed in usually on the side of an article that accompanies a the information of the article. However, it is separate but relates to main idea of article.
What is a sidebar?
Name 5 Positive Character Traits
Answers will vary.
Synonym of investigate
review, replicate, research, understand
What is research?