Main Idea and Details

Workbook VI

Mary Beth D'Antoni

Mary Beth D’Antoni

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1. What do you SEE as the main idea of the picture?a. They are playing basketball.b. The elephant has the ballc. The elephant is shooting the basketball into the hoop.d. The fox and frog are surprised.

2. What detail do you SEE that supports the main idea?a. Both the frog and fox have wide eyes.b. The elephant is aiming the basketball towards the hoop using its

trunk.c. The hoop is nearby. d. The basketball hoop is green.

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3. What do you SEE as the main idea of the picture?a. There are two happy astronauts.b. The planet is round. c. The rocket is purple. d. The children who are dressed in spacesuits and are up in space.

4. What detail do you SEE that supports the main idea?a. The children are smiling. b. The children are in space surrounded by the planets and stars. c. They are wearing space suits. d. It is past their bed time.

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5. What do you SEE as the main idea of the picture?a. The boy has a yellow shirt on.b. The boy is planting a tree.c. The boy is going to brush his teeth.d. The boy is holding a tree.

6. What detail do you SEE that supports the main idea?

a. The boy is digging a hole in the ground to plant a tree.b. The boy is going to use dirt to plant a tree.c. The boy is kneeling on the ground.d. The boy is being careful.

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7. What do you SEE as the main idea of the picture?a. The young girl and boy are best friends.b. The girl is wearing a pretty dress.c. The boy and girl are looking at a book together.d. The boy is tired of standing.

8. What detail do you SEE that supports the main idea?a. They boy and girl are reading together.b. She is wearing a blue and white dress and a white ribbon in her hair.c. The boy is pointing to a picture.d. They are both sitting down.

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9. What do you SEE as the main idea of the picture?10

a. The boy is outdoors.b. The boy is looking at the small bug.c. The boy has brown hair.d. The boy is happy.

10. What detail do you SEE that supports the main idea?a. The bug is in the boy’s hand. b. The boy is using a magnifying glass to look at the bug.c. The boy is wearing a red shirt.d. The boy has wavy hair.

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11. What do you SEE as the main idea of the picture?a. The man is singing.b. The lady is listening to music. c. The man is playing the guitar. d. The man and lady are floating in their canoe on a quiet night.

12. What detail do you SEE that supports the main idea?a. The man’s eyes are closed. b. The man is playing his guitar while floating in the canoe and the

lady is listening.c. The boat is floating in the waterd. The moon is out and the water is calm.

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13. What do you SEE as the main idea of the picture?a. The moose is in a canoe.b. The moose is fishing in his canoe on a sunny day.c. A fish and seaweed can be seen under the water.d. The moose is out on a summer day.

14. What detail do you SEE that supports the main idea?a. The canoe is floating in the water. b. The moose is waiting for the fish to take the bait.c. There is a fish, seaweed and rocks.d. The sun is bright in the sky.

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15. What do you SEE as the main idea of the picture?a. The map of the United States has all states listed on it.b. There are 50 states in the United States.c. The map is shaped like a horseshoe.d. The map is green.

16. What detail do you SEE that supports the main idea?a. There are fifty states on the map.b. There two letters for each state.c. There are a lot of different angles.d. The picture looks like it has a fin.

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17. What do you SEE as the main idea of the picture?a. The girl is outside.b. The girl has a bouquet of flowers in her hand.c. The girl is happy.d. The girl likes to wear red.

18. What detail do you SEE that supports the main idea?a. The girl likes to pick flowers.b. The bouquet of flowers is purple with green leaves.c. The girl is looking at her flowers.d. The girl is wearing a hat.

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19. What do you SEE as the main idea of the picture?a. The teddy bears are gardening on a sunny day.b. The teddy bears like gardening.c. The teddy bears are happy.d. They like planting flowers.

20. What detail do you SEE that supports the main idea?a. The yard has several flowers.b. The teddy bears are planting and watering the flowers.c. The teddy bears are smiling. d. One teddy bear is holding a flower.

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Answers1. C2. B3. D4. B5. B6. A 7. C8. A9. B10. B11. D12. B13. B14. B15. A16. A17. B18. B19. A20. D

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Mary Beth D’Antoni is a reading expert who has been active in the field of education for over thirty years. She holds a NJ K-12 teaching certificate. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Education. She worked as a seventh-grade Language Arts Teacher, Reading Teacher, Adjunct Professor of Reading and is author of “Pathways to the Mind, “a reading program for students who have difficulty learning from traditional methods. She is presently Owner and Founder of Jersey Shore Learning Center. Her educational experience has involved concentrated work in remedial, developmental and enrichment areas for kindergarten through college level students. Ms. D’Antoni has done extensive independent research related to students with learning differences. Her program “Pathways to the Mind” is based on her experience, findings and research on the development of reading skills and has been recognized throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties. She has designed and published “Pathways to the Mind:” The program focuses on prevention and early intervention of learning difficulties using a wide range of options, teaches language patterns, involves intensive instruction in the area of reading, focuses on pattern processing and phoneme segmentation of words, their order and their connection to letters. Ms. D’Antoni’s teaching materials have proven to be highly successful in the development of essential learning skills.

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