Main Idea &

DetailsBY

Ms. Calloway

Main Idea

What is it?What is it?

How do we find it?How do we find it?

How do we remember it?How do we remember it?

LetLet’’s try it.s try it.

What is main idea?

Main idea tells what a story is Main idea tells what a story is MOSTLYMOSTLY about. about.

When looking for main idea When looking for main idea we must think of what FINALLY we must think of what FINALLY happened in the story.happened in the story.

How do we find the main idea?

LetLet’’s use our hands!s use our hands!

How do we find the main idea?

The thumb stands for who.The thumb stands for who.

The who of a story is very The who of a story is very important, without knowing important, without knowing who the story is about we who the story is about we cancan’’t find the main idea.t find the main idea.

How do we find the main idea?

The pointer finger stands The pointer finger stands for did what.for did what.

What did the main What did the main character finally do?character finally do?

How do we find the main idea?

The middle finger stands for The middle finger stands for where.where.

Where did the main character Where did the main character do it?do it?

How do we find the main idea?

The ring finger stands for when.The ring finger stands for when.

When did the main character When did the main character do it?do it?

How do we find the main idea?

The pinky stands for why.The pinky stands for why.

Why did the main character Why did the main character do it?do it?

DETAILS

How do we remember main idea?

Remembering is easy!!!Remembering is easy!!!

Just look at your fingers.Just look at your fingers.

Thumb - Who?Thumb - Who?

Pointer - Did what?Pointer - Did what?

Middle finger - Where?Middle finger - Where?

Ring finger - When?Ring finger - When?

Pinky - Why?Pinky - Why?

Let’s try it!!Using the book Using the book Thunder CakeThunder Cake and and our five fingers letour five fingers let’’s find the main s find the main idea.idea.

Remember to think about the word Remember to think about the word FINALLY.FINALLY.

What finally happened in the story?What finally happened in the story?

Thunder Cake

Who?Who?

Trisha and Trisha and her her grandmothgrandmotherer

Did what?Did what?

Got ingredients to Got ingredients to make a cake during make a cake during the thunder stormthe thunder storm

Thunder Cake

Thunder Cake

Where?Where?At her At her grandmother’s grandmother’s house on the house on the farm farm

When?When?During the During the thunderstorthunderstormm

Thunder Cake

Why?Why?

To help Trisha To help Trisha overcome her overcome her fear of thunder fear of thunder

Thunder Cake

Using all the information, write one sentence Using all the information, write one sentence that tells the main idea of the story.that tells the main idea of the story.

Trisha overcame her fear of Trisha overcame her fear of thunder at her grandmother’s thunder at her grandmother’s farm by getting ingredients for farm by getting ingredients for thunder cake during the thunder cake during the storm. storm.

Thunder Cake

How do we support the main idea?

Look for Look for detailsdetails that tell you that tell you moremore about how the main about how the main character solves the problem or meets the challenge. character solves the problem or meets the challenge.

How did Trisha overcome her fear of thunder?

Trisha walked through Tangleweed Trisha walked through Tangleweed Woods to the dry shed with her Woods to the dry shed with her grandmother while the lightning slit the grandmother while the lightning slit the sky to get ingredients for thunder cake. sky to get ingredients for thunder cake.

Trisha climbed high on the trellis in the Trisha climbed high on the trellis in the backyard to get tomatoes while backyard to get tomatoes while lightning came again and thunder lightning came again and thunder growled.growled.

How did Trisha overcome her fear of thunder?

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