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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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Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.3.2
What is the main idea of the following paragraph?

Not all plants grow in the same way. Some plants grow and reproduce in one year and are called annuals. Some plants grow and reproduce in two years and are called biennials. Other plants grow and reproduce for many years and are called perennials.
  1. Plants grow and reproduce for many years.
  2. Some plants grow and reproduce in two years.
  3. Most plants grow and reproduce in one year.
  4. Not all plants grow in the same way.
  5. Very few plants grow and reproduce for many years.
Grade 9 Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.9-10.2
Which sentence best SUMMARIZES the text?
  1. The introduction of Mediterranean food stuffs from the crusades changed the diets of people living in the middle ages.
  2. Even though the crusades brought in new flavors, one big division that existed between the poor class and the rich class was the food they had access to.
  3. Poor people had little access to different types of food and had to stick to mostly eating barley based meals.
  4. Rich individuals had a better time living in the middle ages partially because their food had more variety than poorer people.
Grade 4 Summarizing CCSS: CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, RL.4.1, RL.4.2

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What needed to happen for the old woman to get home?
  1. She had to find her way.
  2. The pig had to jump over the stile.
  3. The fire had to burn the rope.
  4. Her horse had to move.
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
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