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The main idea is the most important point. It gives the paragraph focus and purpose
Supporting details are reasons, examples, facts, or steps that explain the main idea.
Supporting Details Study Sheet explains supporting details and how to use them.
Supporting Details Practice 1 helps students identify supporting details in a paragraph.
Supporting Details Practice 2 helps students identify major supporting details.
Good communication starts with clear ideas organized in a logical way.
Patterns of Organization Study Sheet shows how to use supporting details. It includes examples and practice.
Patterns of Organization Practice 2: Students choose the correct pattern for each sentence.
Facts can be proven true or false, but opinions cannot.
Facts and Opinions Practice 1 and Facts and Opinions Practice 2 include statements to identify as facts, opinions, or both.
Inferences are ideas that are not stated directly, but are implied by the content of the material.
Inferences Study Sheet explains how to identify and make inferences, with examples and practice.
Paying attention to words in a sentence helps students understand new words.
Vocabulary in Context Study Sheet shows how to use clues to find the meaning of unknown words. It includes instructions, examples, and practice.
Vocabulary in Context Practice 1 and Vocabulary in Context Practice 2 help students use context clues to find the best meaning of each word
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