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Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.3, RI.3.3

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Which word BEST describes Rosa Parks?
  1. shy
  2. lazy
  3. friendly
  4. courageous
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 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.3.2

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What is the main purpose of the passage?
  1. To give a detailed explanation of how leaves change color in the fall
  2. To offer a brief explanation of how weather has an effect on the changing colors of the leaves
  3. To explain why people like to look at leaves in the fall
  4. To describe a magical process by which leaves change color
Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.3.2

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What is the main point of the passage?
  1. Scientists think Usain Bolt is the fastest human in the world.
  2. Cheetahs will always run faster than humans.
  3. Humans have the ability to run up to 40 miles per hour.
  4. Most humans can only run 8.5 miles per hour.
Grade 3 Main Idea
The main idea of a story tells us                               .
  1. who is the main character.
  2. what the story is mainly about.
  3. the details of the story.
  4. Nothing
Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.3, RL.3.3

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What is the main idea of the poem?
  1. Boys can have a lot of fun outdoors in the summer.
  2. You can go fishing in the summer.
  3. Girls and boys enjoy the summertime.
  4. Summer is for relaxing outside.
Grade 3 Main Idea
What are we?
We are round in shape.
We are good to eat.
We grow on trees.
One likes cooler temperatures.
One likes hotter temperatures.
One is hard. One is soft.
  1. Grapes and plums
  2. Pecans and almonds
  3. Eggs and bananas
  4. Apples and oranges
Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.3.2
What does the story below mainly tell?

Zoo elephants get very good care. Each morning zookeepers give them a special bath. They wash the elephants with water and a brush. Then they paint oil on their skin and rub oil on their feet. This is very important in elephant care. It helps the elephants stay healthy.
  1. why zookeepers have happy lives?
  2. who paints oil on elephants
  3. how zookeepers give elephants special care
  4. how much elephants eat
Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.3.2
My mother is a veterinarian. She loves animals. When she was younger she had lots of pets. She even teaches classes about how people can help protect animals.

Which of the following is the main idea sentence in this paragraph?
  1. My mother is a veterinarian
  2. She loves animals.
Grade 3 Main Idea
A book called "True Facts About Barack Obama" would be found in which part of the library?
  1. Fiction
  2. Fables
  3. Science Fiction
  4. Nonfiction
Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.7, RI.3.5, RI.3.7
Captions or labels should be looked at carefully for important information that may not be shared in the text.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 3 Main Idea
The purpose of a supporting detail is:
  1. to tell you the main idea
  2. to give more information about the main idea
  3. to give you the conclusion
  4. to tell you who the narrator is
Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, CCRA.L.4, RI.3.2, L.3.4
What does the term "main idea" mean?
  1. Where a story takes place
  2. Who the story is about
  3. What the story is mostly about
  4. How to make something
Grade 3 Main Idea
A non-fiction text is usually about real people, places, and events.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RL.3.2
Samantha, I can't eat or sleep when you are gone. I need to see your beautiful eyes and your pretty smile. I miss that special way that you eat soup with your fingers. Please come home soon!

What is the main idea of this paragraph?
  1. Samantha, you have bad manners.
  2. Samantha, you are pretty.
  3. Samantha, I miss you.
  4. Samantha, I can't eat or drink.
Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.3.2
The middle of a pencil is filled with something that we call lead. There is a metal called lead, but this is not what pencil lead is made of. Pencil lead is actually made from something called graphite.

So, why is it called lead when lead is not even used? In the 1400s, the Romans did write with the metal called lead. But in the late 1400s, a soft rock was found to be better. People began to write with this soft rock instead. This soft rock became known as graphite. Even though pencils no longer used lead, the name "pencil lead" just stuck.

What is the main idea of the passage?
  1. When pencil lead was first made
  2. How most pencils are made today
  3. What pencil lead is made from
  4. Why pencils use the metal lead
Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.3.2
Thomas Jefferson was an important figure in early U.S. history. He was born in 1743 in the colony of Virginia. He became a lawyer and then grew active in the government of the new country that would become the United States.

In 1776, he helped write the U.S. Declaration of Independence, which said that the American colonies were no longer tied to Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson became the third president of the United States. He died in 1826, but people in the United States are reminded of him every time they spend a nickel. His face is on one side, and his home, Monticello, is on the other.

What is the main idea of the passage?
  1. Thomas Jefferson was an important person in U.S. history.
  2. Thomas Jefferson's face is on the nickel.
  3. Thomas Jefferson was a lawyer.
  4. Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States.
Grade 3 Main Idea
Non-fiction texts use the following to share important information with the reader.
  1. pictures and cartoons
  2. speech bubbles
  3. misspelled words
  4. maps, charts, diagrams, and photographs
Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.3.2
When you want to hang the American flag over the middle of a street, suspend it vertically with the blue field, called the union, to the north and east-west street. When the flag is displayed with another banner from crossed staffs, the American flag is on the right. Place the staff of the American flag in front of the other staff. Raise the flag quickly and lower it slowly and respectfully. When flying the flag at half-mast, hoist it to the top of the pole for a moment before lowering it to mid-pole. When flying the American flag with banners from states or cities, raise the nation's banner first and lower it last. Never allow the flag to touch the ground.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?
  1. The American flag is the symbol of American freedom.
  2. The American flag has fifty stars.
  3. Placing the American flag inappropriately will draw government intervention.
  4. The American flag should be flown differently in certain situations.
Grade 3 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.3.2

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Which choice best summarizes the main topic of this passage?
  1. Alphabets around the world
  2. The history of the alphabet
  3. The modern alphabet
  4. Learning the alphabet
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