Category 1: What’s the Big Idea? (Main Idea)
Q: This tells you what the whole story or article is mostly about.
A: What is the main idea?
Q: These are the small pieces of information that support the main idea.
A: What are key details?
Q: This is the skill of putting events in the correct order.
A: What is sequencing?
Q: This is a smart guess you make using clues from the text and what you already know.
A: What is an inference?
Q: This tells you what the text is mostly about.
A: What is the main idea?
Q: A story about a lost puppy who is returned home likely has this main idea.
A: What is helping others is important?
Q: A detail that supports “Dogs are helpful” might be this.
A: What is dogs can lead blind people or protect homes?
Q: Bryson wakes up, eats breakfast, then goes to school. What did he do second?
A: What is he ate breakfast?
Q: Lyric had tears in her eyes and her shoulders were shaking. What can you infer?
A: What is Lyric is crying or upset?
Q: Harper baked cookies and shared them with her class. This sentence is an example of what?
A: What is a key detail?
Q: An article about how trees clean the air supports this main idea.
A: What is trees are important to the environment?
Q: A sentence describing Bryson’s red backpack is this kind of detail.
A: What is a key detail?
Q: What comes first: tie shoes, wear socks, get dressed?
A: What is wear socks?
Q: Bronxx had an umbrella, and the ground was wet. What probably happened?
A: What is it rained?
Q: You do this skill when you put the events of a story in order.
A: What is sequencing?
Q: A story about Harper helping a new student at school shows this main idea.
A: What is kindness matters?
Q: A story says, “She practiced piano every day.” What does this tell us about her?
A: What is she is hardworking or dedicated?
Q: A story says: “First, Carleigh found the kitten. Then, she gave it food. Last, she told an adult.” What happened first?
A: What is Carleigh found the kitten?
Q: Bryson packed a towel, sunscreen, and swim trunks. Where is he probably going?
A: What is the pool or the beach?
Q: Bryson yawned and rubbed his eyes. What can you guess about how he feels?
A: What is he is tired?
Q: A tale about friends fixing a broken bike together suggests this main idea.
A: What is teamwork helps solve problems?
Q: A passage about firefighters includes this important detail.
A: What is firefighters wear protective gear and rescue people in danger?
Q: Rearrange this sentence into correct sequence: “He ate the cake, washed his hands, baked it.”
A: What is he washed his hands, baked the cake, then ate it?
Q: Carleigh wore gloves and a scarf, and could see her breath in the air. What season is it likely?
A: What is winter?
Q: After reading that Bronxx practiced his speech every night, what main idea can you guess?
A: What is practicing helps you get better?