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It is important to find main ideas

when reading. Main ideas help

readers remember important

information.

The main idea of a paragraph

tells the topic of the paragraph.

The topic tells what all or most

of the sentences are about.

The other sentences in the

paragraph are called details.

Details describe or explain the

main idea.

Read the paragraph on the next

page and find the main idea.

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The rain forest is home to many

creatures. Monkeys, toucans and

macaws live in the rain forest.

Blue Morpho butterflies and

anteaters also live in the rain

forest.

Click on the main idea.

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A) Sloths and tapirs are other creatures that

live in the rain forest.

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B) The rain forest is home to many creatures.

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C) Monkeys, toucans and macaws live in the

rain forest.

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