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Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

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Kindergarten Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, RI.K.2, RI.K.3

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In the boxes, draw what happens in the passage.
Table 2x2
Grade 4 Summarizing CCSS: CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, RL.4.1, RL.4.2

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What happened when the old woman gave the cat the milk?
  1. It got dark outside.
  2. The cow became angry.
  3. The cat ran away.
  4. It set off a chain reaction.
Grade 6 Grammar CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.6.2
He ran wildly in circles.
  1. Adverb
  2. Noun
  3. Preposition
Grade 4 Summarizing CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RL.4.2

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Which choice is the best summary of the story?
  1. The pig refused to jump over the stile.
  2. A woman gave a saucer of milk to a cat so it would kill a rat.
  3. A woman bought a pig at the market, but she had a hard time getting it home.
  4. The butcher refused to kill the ox.
Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.3.2

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Which choice best shows the main idea of this passage?
  1. Rosa Parks gave up her seat on a bus.
  2. Rosa Parks grew up in Tuskegee, Alabama.
  3. Rosa Parks lived on a farm with her mother and grandparents.
  4. Rosa Parks was an important part of the Civil Rights Movement.
Grade 2 Short Stories (Fiction) CCSS: CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, RL.2.2, RL.2.3

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Why did the dogs in Comet’s town not believe he could make it to the Doglympics?
  1. He was too small.
  2. He was missing a leg.
  3. He was too ugly.
  4. He was sick.
Grade 5 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.5.2
Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind. Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.

Which sentence from the paragraph expresses the main idea?
  1. Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants.
  2. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind.
  3. They will look and behave much like real humans.
  4. Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience.
Grade 3 Nature and Science (Stories) CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.3.2

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What is the main idea of the story?
  1. Polar bears like to have fun in the Arctic.
  2. White fur makes it easy for polar bears to hide.
  3. Climate change has made life hard for polar bears.
  4. Mama and baby polar bears hibernate in the winter.
Grade 8 Places (Stories) CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RL.8.2

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What is the main message of the story?
  1. A home must be beautiful.
  2. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
  3. People always want what they don't have.
  4. A home is more than what it looks like on the outside.
Grade 6 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RL.6.2

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Fill out the plot pyramid for this passage, focusing on the problem and solution.
Freytag Pyramid B
Grade 6 Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RL.5.2, RL.6.2

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Fill out a timeline starting when Margaret first decided to buy the property.
Number Line
Grade 6 Summarizing CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.6.2

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Summarize paragraph 5
Grade 4 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.4.2

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Next to each picture, write a sentence that relates to the picture and Christmas in Brazil.

Christmas - Santa - Small


Christmas - Tree - Small


General - Gift Box - Small


Christmas - Stocking - Small


Fall - Harvest - Small
Grade 5 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RL.5.2
Bill is one of those people who just doesn't have to worry about gaining too much weight. He is the best tennis player I've ever met. Bill can eat any amount of any food he likes without putting on an ounce. He can go for weeks without exercising without apparent effect. It just doesn't seem fair!

What is the main idea of the passage?
  1. Bill is one of those people who just doesn't have to worry about gaining too much weight.
  2. He is the best tennis player I've ever met.
  3. Bill can eat any amount of any food he likes without putting on an ounce.
  4. He can go for weeks without exercising without apparent effect.
  5. It just doesn't seem fair!
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