Reading
Can I identify the main idea and details of "Natural Disasters"?
Goal:
Goal:
This week, we learned about the main idea and details of a nonfiction text. The main idea is what the passage is mostly about, and the details support the main idea.
Let's take a look at "Natural Disasters." Our selection was broken down into three different sections. We learned about volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. You will be choosing one of these sections and identifying the main idea and three supporting details. Think about which section you will choose. What is the section mostly about? What details support that?
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Did You Know?
The main idea can also be called the
central idea. Their meanings are alike because they tell the reader the
most important idea of the story.