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Main Idea and
Supporting Details
             Third Grade
  SPI 0301.6.2 Identify the stated
      main idea in a selection.
  SPI 0301.6.4 Identify main idea
   and supporting details in a text.
Main Idea
• Every story or paragraph has a main idea.
• The main idea tells you what the story is
  about.
• The main idea maybe the lesson learned or
  moral of a story.
• The main idea is the most important part
  of a story or paragraph.
Supporting Details
• The supporting details are
  the things that describe the
  main idea.
• These supporting details
  make the main idea stronger.
Read the Passage and
  Choose the Main Idea
• Niagara Falls is one of the most beautiful
  sights in North America. It is on the
  Niagara River halfway between Lake
  Ontario and Lake Erie. Niagara Falls is
  located on the American and Canadian
  border. The American Falls is 167 feet
  high. On the Canadian side, the Horseshoe
  Falls is 161 feet high.
Question
What is the main idea of the
 passage?
Remember main idea is what
 the story is about.
Answer
• Main Idea: Niagara
  Falls is one of the
  most beautiful sights
  in North America.
Choose the Main Idea
     of this Passage
• The Statue of Liberty is visited by
  thousands of people every year. The
  Statue of Liberty is a 151 foot statue
  of woman holding a book and a torch.
  It was a gift of friendship from the
  people of France. It has become the
  universal symbol for freedom.
Question
• What is the main idea of
  this passage?

• What was the passage
  about?
Answer


     Main Idea:
The Statue of Liberty
Find the Supporting
  Details in this Passage
• The Erie Canal changed the way people
  moved goods in the 1800’s. The 363 mile
  canal connected Albany, New York to Lake
  Erie in Buffalo for the first time. When
  the Canal opened in 1825, building supplies
  and goods could be transported quickly and
  cheaply across New York State. Canal
  boats pulled by mules carried people and
  supplies across New York.
Question
Main Idea: Lake Erie changed the way
  people moved goods.
• What are the supporting details of
  this passage?
• Remember supporting details
  describe the main idea.
Answer
• Supporting Details:
• 1-The 363 mile canal connected Albany and
  New York for the first time.
• 2-The canal boats pulled by mules carried
  people and supplies across New York
  State.
• 3-The canal made a way for goods to be
  transported cheaply and quickly.
Review
Our stories would not make sense if
 they did not include a main idea with
 supporting details.
You will need to be able to select the
 main idea and the supporting details
 from everything you read.

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Mainidea

  • 1. Main Idea and Supporting Details Third Grade SPI 0301.6.2 Identify the stated main idea in a selection. SPI 0301.6.4 Identify main idea and supporting details in a text.
  • 2. Main Idea • Every story or paragraph has a main idea. • The main idea tells you what the story is about. • The main idea maybe the lesson learned or moral of a story. • The main idea is the most important part of a story or paragraph.
  • 3. Supporting Details • The supporting details are the things that describe the main idea. • These supporting details make the main idea stronger.
  • 4. Read the Passage and Choose the Main Idea • Niagara Falls is one of the most beautiful sights in North America. It is on the Niagara River halfway between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Niagara Falls is located on the American and Canadian border. The American Falls is 167 feet high. On the Canadian side, the Horseshoe Falls is 161 feet high.
  • 5. Question What is the main idea of the passage? Remember main idea is what the story is about.
  • 6. Answer • Main Idea: Niagara Falls is one of the most beautiful sights in North America.
  • 7. Choose the Main Idea of this Passage • The Statue of Liberty is visited by thousands of people every year. The Statue of Liberty is a 151 foot statue of woman holding a book and a torch. It was a gift of friendship from the people of France. It has become the universal symbol for freedom.
  • 8. Question • What is the main idea of this passage? • What was the passage about?
  • 9. Answer Main Idea: The Statue of Liberty
  • 10. Find the Supporting Details in this Passage • The Erie Canal changed the way people moved goods in the 1800’s. The 363 mile canal connected Albany, New York to Lake Erie in Buffalo for the first time. When the Canal opened in 1825, building supplies and goods could be transported quickly and cheaply across New York State. Canal boats pulled by mules carried people and supplies across New York.
  • 11. Question Main Idea: Lake Erie changed the way people moved goods. • What are the supporting details of this passage? • Remember supporting details describe the main idea.
  • 12. Answer • Supporting Details: • 1-The 363 mile canal connected Albany and New York for the first time. • 2-The canal boats pulled by mules carried people and supplies across New York State. • 3-The canal made a way for goods to be transported cheaply and quickly.
  • 13. Review Our stories would not make sense if they did not include a main idea with supporting details. You will need to be able to select the main idea and the supporting details from everything you read.