Remember the
main idea is what the story or paragraph is all about! The
other sentences are details that support the main idea!
Read the following paragraphs and find the main idea for each.
Babe Ruth was the first baseball player
to ever hit 714 career home runs. By 1920 Babe Ruth was
considered the greatest homerun hitter for the New York Yankees.
In 1927 he hit 60 homeruns in a single season. This was
a single season record. Babe Ruth stopped playing
baseball in 1935.
There are four stages in the life cycle
of a painted lady butterfly. The first stage is the egg, they
are very tiny blue eggs. The second stage is the
caterpillar. The third stage is the pupa. This is where the
caterpillar forms a hard shell and hangs from a twig until it is
ready to turn into a beautiful painted lady butterfly. Painted
lady butterflies live almost anywhere.
What is the main
idea?
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