Supporting
details help you to better understand the main idea.
Supporting details answer the questions
of
who, what, when and where.
When writing a
paragraph it is important to have details that support (tell about)
your main idea. These details are called
supporting details.
Let's look at
some supporting details together.
The main idea is...Lizards are animals
that come in all shapes and sizes.
Lizards
are animals that come in all shapes and sizes. Some lizards
look like snakes, and others look like crocodiles. The
smallest lizard is a few inches long. The largest lizard is
longer than a man.
The supporting details that help us
better understand lizards come in all shapes and sizes are:
Some lizards look like snakes. Some lizards look like
crocodiles. The smallest lizard is a few
inches
long. The largest lizard is longer than
a
man.
The main idea is...Many animals sleep
during the winter when the weather is cold.
Many
animals sleep during the winter when the weather is cold.
Frogs and snakes sleep all through the winter. They go into a
deep sleep and do not wake up until the weather is warm. Bats
and squirrels do not sleep the whole winter. They might wake up
if the weather gets warm.
The
supporting details that help us better
understand animals during the winter are:
Frogs and
snakes sleep all winter. Frogs and snakes go into a deep
sleep. Bats and squirrels don't sleep
the
whole winter. Bats and squirrels might wake up
if
the weather warms up.
The main idea is...Castles are large
homes made of stone that people lived in long ago.
Castles
are large homes made of stone that people lived in long ago.
Kings, emperors or important people lived in castles. Castles
were built on a hill, and villages grew up around them.
The
supporting details that help us better understand castles are:
Kings,
emperors or important people
lived in castles. Castles were built on a hill. Villages grew up around a
castle.
Always
remember supporting details help you better understand
the main idea!
Lizards
are animals that come in all shapes and sizes. Some lizards
look like snakes, and others look like crocodiles. The
smallest lizard is a few inches long. The largest lizard is
longer than a man.
Some lizards look like snakes.
Many
animals sleep during the winter when the weather is cold.
Frogs and snakes sleep all through the winter. They go into a
deep sleep and do not wake up until the weather is warm. Bats
and squirrels do not sleep the whole winter. They might wake up
if the weather gets warm. 
Castles
are large homes made of stone that people lived in long ago.
Kings, emperors or important people lived in castles. Castles
were built on a hill, and villages grew up around them.
Kings,
emperors or important people 
