Reading
Identify the main idea and details in Everyday Patterns.
Goal:
Goal:
Today, we will continue to find main ideas in a nonfiction passage. We will also identify details. Click on the Activity button below to download your worksheet. After reading each paragraph below, fill in the main idea and details on the worksheet. Submit it to your teacher when you have finished.
- Main ideas are what the text is mostly about.
- Details help support the main idea.
- To find the main idea, we can ask questions or look at different text features.
Paragraph 1
Take a look at what people around you are wearing. Do you see a striped shirt? The stripes make a pattern. A dress may have different-colored circles. The circles may make a pattern. Look at necklaces and bracelets. Many pieces of jewelry have a pattern. The colors and shapes may repeat.
Paragraph 2
Patterns are not just in math class. You can see patterns all around you. There are patterns in the things we wear, the foods we eat, and the games we play. You can find patterns in nature, in stories, and in dancing. You can find patterns in buildings and on fences.
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.