Standard 5 · SEA English Language Arts

Main Idea, Supporting Details and Summary

Read stories, fact texts, poems, a notice and a table. Find the main idea, pick the details that prove it and choose the best summary. Each exercise marks itself as your child goes, explains the answer, and awards stars.

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Choosing the best titleFinding the main idea of a paragraphChoosing details that support the main ideaSpotting the detail that does not belongFinding the message of a storyChoosing the best summaryPutting events in orderFinding facts in the textFinding the message of a poemReading notices and tables for purpose and details

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Visitors from the sea

The kite on the Savannah

Notice: Beach Cleaning Day

The steelpan

Poem: Saturday Market

The power cut

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