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Main Idea and Supporting Details

Main Idea and Supporting Details. Main Idea. It is a big statement about the whole article, story, or text. When you find the main idea of a text, you are answering the question, “ What is this text mostly about? ” Brain Pop Video. How do you find the Main Idea?.

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Main Idea and Supporting Details

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  1. Main Idea and Supporting Details

  2. Main Idea • It is a big statement about the whole article, story, or text. • When you find the main idea of a text, you are answering the question, “What is this text mostly about?” • Brain Pop Video

  3. How do you find the Main Idea? • The author might state the main idea, but some times, the reader has to make an inference to figure out the main idea. • Ask yourself, “What do these sentences have in common?” and you’ll be on your way to finding the main idea.

  4. What do these things have in common? SPORTS FLOWERS ____________________basketballhockeytennisfootball ____________________rosedaisybuttercupcarnation

  5. How is the topic different than the main idea?

  6. Find the Main Idea • Lantern fish live near the bottom of the ocean where it is very dark, so they carry their own lights. The lights look like tiny glowing pearls. They are called photophores. A lantern fish can flash its photophores on and off. TOPIC MAIN IDEA

  7. Find the Main Idea • A backswimmer has a rounded back and its underside is flat. When it floats on its back it looks like a little boat. It rows itself along in the water using its two hind legs like oars. The backswimmer spends most of its time upside down. TOPIC MAIN IDEA

  8. Supporting Details • They are evidence and examples working to support and explain the main idea. • What are the 4 key words in this definition? • Evidence • Examples • Support • Explain Chocolate Chips are like Supporting Details; they are held together by the main idea.

  9. Main Idea vs. Supporting Details • If the main idea is “Cheetahs run fast,” then the supporting details will provide evidence or examples of the cheetahs’ speed.

  10. How does a table relate to today’s lesson? The table top is like the ____________while the legs of the table are like the _______________________.

  11. Independent Practice • Complete the 3 main idea questions on the first page. • Always ask yourself, “What is this passage mostly about?” Main Idea Supporting Details

  12. Independent Practice • Complete the 3 main idea questions on the second page. • Always ask yourself, “What is this passage mostly about?” Main Idea Supporting Details

  13. Main Idea and Supporting Details • Probably the best-known rodeo cowboy in the world is Larry Mahan. Mahan was the national champion six times before he was 30. When he got too old to be in the rodeo, he didn't stop doing rodeo work. He started a rodeo school. MAIN IDEA TOPIC SUPPORTING DETAILS

  14. Main Idea and Supporting Details • The lack of gravity in space makes even simple tasks a challenge. Astronauts have to wear boots that hold their feet to the floor so that they can walk, and to eat soup, the astronauts cut a hole in one end of the bag and squeeze it into their mouths. MAIN IDEA TOPIC SUPPORTING DETAILS

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