Main Idea

Objective: student find the main idea and the supporting details from texts they read.
Main Idea

The main idea is the most important idea in a text.

The main idea is often stated near the beginning of a text.

Details tell more about the main idea.

Details
Let’s read the following text and find out the main idea and the details.

Ramadan is the most important time of year for Muslims. It is the ninth
month of the Islamic calendar and begins when the new moon appears. Ramadan
is a month of fasting for healthy Muslims – they don’t eat or drink from sunrise
to sunset. People eat two meals a day during Ramadan, one before sunrise
(“sohour”) and one after sunset (“iftar”).

Main Idea
Ramadan is the most important time of year for Muslims

Detail 1 Detail 2 Detail 3

Ramadan is the ninth Ramadan is a month of People eat two meals

month of the Islamic fasting for Muslims. during Ramadan; sohour
calender. and iftar.
Q1: Read the following text then answer the questions below:

We need trees in order to live. Trees give us oxygen. They help cool the
Earth and give off water. When we cut down a tree, we can plant another
one. This new tree will grow and give us oxygen, too. Many things are made
from trees. If you want to do something to help the Earth, you can plant a
tree!

1. Write a title for this text.

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2. Circle the answer below that tells what the paragraph is all about.
a. Oxygen
b. The importance of trees.
c. Helping the Earth.

3. Write the main idea of this text and the supporting details.

Main Idea
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Detail 1 Detail 2
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