Main Idea and details

1. Main Idea and details By Miss Ruhlen

2. Read the passage. Look for the main idea of each paragraph. We know the flag stands for our country. But why are there stars and stripes on our flag? Why is it red, white, and blue? What do the colors and shapes mean? Each color on our flag has a meaning. Red stands for being brave and strong. White stands for doing what is right. It also means saying what is true. Blue stands for being fair. It also means working hard. There are thirteen stripes on our flag. They stand for the first thirteen states. Our first flag had thirteen stars on it, too. A woman named Betsy Ross sewed it over 200 years ago. Since the, a star has been added for each state that joins the country. There are now 50 stars on our flag. Each state has its own star. All the stars stand together. This shows that we are all joined to love and protect our country.

3. Read the question and select the correct answer. What is the passage mostly about? 50 stars the U.S. flag colors and shapes red and white stripes a b c d

4. Read the question and select the correct answer. What did Betsy Ross do? She said what is true. She worked very hard. She saved the country. She sewed the first flag. a b c d Fun fact: Betsy Ross’s real name was not Betsy; it was Elizabeth.

5. Find it in the passage! We know the flag stands for our country. But why are there stars and stripes on our flag? Why is it red, white, and blue? What do the colors and shapes mean? Each color on our flag has a meaning. Red stands for being brave and strong. White stands for doing what is right. It also means saying what is true. Blue stands for being fair. It also means working hard. There are thirteen stripes on our flag. They stand for the first thirteen states. Our first flag had thirteen stars on it, too. A woman named Betsy Ross sewed it over 200 years ago. Since the, a star has been added for each state that joins the country. There are now 50 stars on our flag. Each state has its own star. All the stars stand together. This shows that we are all joined to love and protect our country.

6. Read the question and select the correct answer. The flags colors stand for __________ . loving our country. the person who made it. good ways to act. all 50 states. a b c d

7. Find it in the passage! We know the flag stands for our country. But why are there stars and stripes on our flag? Why is it red, white, and blue? What do the colors and shapes mean? Each color on our flag has a meaning. Red stands for being brave and strong. White stands for doing what is right. It also means saying what is true. Blue stands for being fair. It also means working hard. There are thirteen stripes on our flag. They stand for the first thirteen states. Our first flag had thirteen stars on it, too. A woman named Betsy Ross sewed it over 200 years ago. Since the, a star has been added for each state that joins the country. There are now 50 stars on our flag. Each state has its own star. All the stars stand together. This shows that we are all joined to love and protect our country.

8. Read the question and select the correct answer. Each star stands for a __________ . state stripe woman country a b c d

9. Find it in the passage! We know the flag stands for our country. But why are there stars and stripes on our flag? Why is it red, white, and blue? What do the colors and shapes mean? Each color on our flag has a meaning. Red stands for being brave and strong. White stands for doing what is right. It also means saying what is true. Blue stands for being fair. It also means working hard. There are thirteen stripes on our flag. They stand for the first thirteen states. Our first flag had thirteen stars on it, too. A woman named Betsy Ross sewed it over 200 years ago. Since the, a star has been added for each state that joins the country. There are now 50 stars on our flag. Each state has its own star. All the stars stand together. This shows that we are all joined to love and protect our country.

10. Let’s try another one!

11. Read the passage. Look for the main idea of each paragraph. The cricket is a little insect that makes a big sound. It can rub its wings together and chirp like a bird! It chirps fast when the air is warm. It chirps slowly when the air is cool. Crickets live under rocks logs. They are brown or black. They look a lot like grasshoppers. They can jump like grasshoppers, too. They use their back legs to jump. Some can jump three feet in the air! Many people think that crickets bring good luck. Some think their chirps mean that money is coming soon. Others think the cricket’s chirp means that it will rain. In China, some people keep crickets as pets. They give them names. They keep them in cages. They feed them bugs, plants, and seeds. These people feel happy when their crickets chirp. They like to hear the song of luck chirping through their homes.

12. Read the question and select the correct answer. The passage is mostly about ______________. a noisy bug a cage for a pet a happy song birds chirping a b c d

13. Read the question and select the correct answer. The cricket chirps by ______________. going under a rock using it’s legs to jump eating plants and seeds rubbing its wings together a b c d

14. Read the passage. Look for the main idea of each paragraph. The cricket is a little insect that makes a big sound. It can rub its wings together and chirp like a bird! It chirps fast when the air is warm. It chirps slowly when the air is cool. Crickets live under rocks logs. They are brown or black. They look a lot like grasshoppers. They can jump like grasshoppers, too. They use their back legs to jump. Some can jump three feet in the air! Many people think that crickets bring good luck. Some think their chirps mean that money is coming soon. Others think the cricket’s chirp means that it will rain. In China, some people keep crickets as pets. They give them names. They keep them in cages. They feed them bugs, plants, and seeds. These people feel happy when their crickets chirp. They like to hear the song of luck chirping through their homes.

15. Read the question and select the correct answer. Crickets look a lot like ______________. rocks birds grasshoppers logs a b c d

16. Read the passage. Look for the main idea of each paragraph. The cricket is a little insect that makes a big sound. It can rub its wings together and chirp like a bird! It chirps fast when the air is warm. It chirps slowly when the air is cool. Crickets live under rocks logs. They are brown or black. They look a lot like grasshoppers. They can jump like grasshoppers, too. They use their back legs to jump. Some can jump three feet in the air! Many people think that crickets bring good luck. Some think their chirps mean that money is coming soon. Others think the cricket’s chirp means that it will rain. In China, some people keep crickets as pets. They give them names. They keep them in cages. They feed them bugs, plants, and seeds. These people feel happy when their crickets chirp. They like to hear the song of luck chirping through their homes.

17. Read the question and select the correct answer. Based on the passage, many people think that crickets ______________. cannot be kept as pets are good to have around are too noisy are the best jumpers a b c d