Practice: Main Idea and Detail

1. The potato chip was an invention that accidently happened.

George Crum was a chef, trying to please a customer who kept
sending his French fries back to the kitchen with the
complaint that he wanted them crispier and thinner. Crum
kept slicing potatoes and cooking them until them became the
crispy potato chips we know today.

Main Idea: The potato chip was invented accidentally.

Supporting Detail: A chef was trying to please a customer.

2. Dolphins may look like fish but they are actually mammals.
These intelligent creatures breathe with their lungs and must
come to the surface for air. Dolphins are also warm blooded
creatures like humans. Dolphin mothers feed their babies milk
and care for them until they are able to care for themselves.
Like other mammals, dolphins have hair, even though its just a
tiny bit next to their blowhole. Dolphins are interesting
creatures.

Main Idea: Dolphins are mammals.

Supporting Detail: They breathe with their lungs, and are

warm blooded.
 Practice: Problem/Solution

You waited a long time, but your

mom didn't come to pick you up
after school. What should you do?

Possible Solutions
 Practice: Cause/Effect

Cause: Kids played in the mud.

Effect: They got dirty/muddy.

Cause: The sun warmed the ice cream.

Effect: The ice cream melted.

 Practice: Compare/Contrast

Mrs. Daleys classroom vs. Mrs. Marinellos

Mrs. Marinellos Similar Mrs. Daleys Room

(Compare)
Room Only Only
(Contrast) (Contrast)
Description/List:

St.
Annes
School
 Sequence: Recipe
Making Cookies:

1. Which step should come first in making cookies?

A. Put cookie sheet into the hot oven. C. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown.
B. Eat and enjoy. D. Buy the ingredients.

2. What should you do after the step Make balls of dough?

A. Eat the cookies. C. Bake the cookies.
B. Put balls of dough on a cookie sheet. D. Get out the dishes and pans you will need.

3. What should you do after the step Buy the ingredients?

A. Take the cookie sheet out of the C. Mix all of the ingredients together.
oven and let it cool. D. Make balls of dough.
B. Remove the cookies from the cookie
sheet.

4. What should you do after the step Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown?
A. Put cookie sheet into the hot oven. C. Mix all of the ingredients together.
B. Take the cookie sheet out of the D. Make balls of dough.
oven and let it cool slightly.

5. How many minutes do you bake the cookies?

A. 8-10 hours. C. 10 seconds
B. 80 seconds D. 8-10 minutes

1. D; 2. B; 3. C; 4. B; 5. D