Main Idea - CCSS RL.4.2, RI.4.2
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1. Get The Idea.
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Read text to determine the main idea or essential message and identify relevant supporting details and facts.  SEE MORE
2. Identify Main Idea.
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Show what you know. Read the passage and choose the correct main idea.  SEE MORE
3. IXL Main Idea.
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Determine the main idea as you read each passage. SEE MORE
4. Main Idea Jeopardy.
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A jeopardy style game that can be cloned and edited. This game can be played with up to 14 teams. (Also downloadable)  SEE MORE
5. Main Idea Millionaire.
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Each story has a main idea to it, yet one of the sentences does not belong. Read carefully do determine which sentence does not fit with the story. If you have trouble, use one of your three hint buttons to help you narrow down what the correct answer might be. SEE MORE
6. Main Idea Stormy Cloud Game.
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Read the story in the storm cloud, click the mouse to make the lightening strike the tree that shows the main idea. SEE MORE
7. Main Idea.
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Practice identifying the main idea in this passage on volcanoes, earthquakes and floods. Read each paragraph and select the main idea.  SEE MORE
8. Main Idea.
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Read each paragraph carefully. Decide what each is mostly about. (4 questions)  SEE MORE
9. Rags to Riches.
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Read each paragraph to select the main idea in a quest for fame and fortune. SEE MORE
10. Reading Main Idea Practice Questions.
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Ten Passages and questions that include the answers and explanations. SEE MORE
11. The Hamburger Game.
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Can you find the meat of the passage? Click and drag the sentence that you think is the main idea to the empty spot in the hamburger where the meat goes. If you choose the correct one, your hamburger will be complete and you will get points. SEE MORE
12. What's The Main Idea? Quiz.
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For this quiz you will select the sentence that is the main idea of each paragraph.  SEE MORE
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