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What is the Main Idea

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What is the Main Idea

What's the big idea? Help your student practice story organization with this exercise, where she'll identify the supporting details that properly support the main idea. Then, she'll try coming up with her own supporting details for another main idea.

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Third Grade
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Reading & WritingGenre WritingInformational Writing
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W.3.2.b
English Language Arts and Reading Grade 2 2.11.A 2.12.B Grade 3 3.11.A 3.11.B.i 3.12.B Grade 4 4.11.A 4.11.B.i 4.12.B
English Grade Two W.2.10.c W.2.10.e W.2.10.f Grade Three W.3.8.c Grade Four W.4.7.d

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