2.  Understand what the main idea is  Identify the main idea of a group of pictures  Identify the main idea of a group of words  Identify the main idea of a group of sentences  Identify the main idea of a paragraph

3.  What the pictures, words, sentences, or paragraphs are about Understand what the main idea is about

4. Identify the main idea of a group of pictures Boys

5. Identify the main idea of a group of pictures Maps

6. Identify the main idea of a group of pictures Worms

7. Identify the main idea of a group of pictures Bathroom

8. Identify the main idea of a group of pictures Continents

9. Identify the main idea of a group of pictures Music

10. Identify the main idea of a group of pictures Signs

11.  What the pictures, words, sentences, or paragraphs are about Understand what the main idea is about

12.  Atlantic  Indian  Pacific  Oceans Identify the main idea of a group of words

13.  Juice  Pop  Water  Things to drink Identify the main idea of a group of words

14.  What the pictures, words, sentences, or paragraphs are about Understand what the main idea is about

15.  I hear an alarm.  I walk outside quietly and quickly.  I wait with my teacher away from the school.  Fire Alarm Identify the main idea of a group of sentences

16.  I carry my binder.  I keep quiet hands.  I walk in the hallway.  Going to the next period Identify the main idea of a group of sentences

17.  We ask a question.  We form a hypothesis.  We conduct an experiment.  We analyze our data.  The scientific method Identify the main idea of a group of sentences

18.  There needs to be a noun.  There needs to be a verb.  There needs to be a capital on the first word and a period at the end.  How to write a complete sentence. Identify the main idea of a group of sentences

19.  I write an introductory sentence.  I write four detail sentences.  I write a conclusion sentence.  How to write a paragraph Identify the main idea of a group of sentences

20.  What the pictures, words, sentences, or paragraphs are about Understand what the main idea is about

21. Ice skates have been around for a long time. People were sliding around on frozen ponds more than 2,000 years ago. The first ice skates were cow bones that people tied to their feet with pieces of leather. Skates with metal blades came along about 500 years ago.  The first ice skates Identify the main idea of a paragraph

22. A fire ant has tiny pincer-like claws on it jaw. It clamps onto the skin. Then it jabs its stinger into the skin. The sting hurts like a bad burn. That is why they are called fire ants.  Fire ants Identify the main idea of a paragraph

24. Salt comes from rocks in the ground. One kind of salt is made of huge chunks of rock. The chunks are crushed into tiny pieces. These pieces fit through the holes of a salt shaker.  Salt Identify the main idea of a paragraph

26. Lichen looks like a tiny bunch of tangled hair. It does not need soil to grow. It can grow in rocks. Lichen can turn rocks into soil. It sends out an acid through its tiny hairs. The acid eats into the rock. This makes the rock break into small pieces. Little by little, it becomes new soil.  Lichen Identify the main idea of a paragraph

28. Horned toads are not really toads at all. They are lizards. They live in deserts and dry places you can find them all the way from Canada to Guatemala.  Horned Toads Identify the main idea of a paragraph