Use the Details

📖Story Brief #9

We use the details to figure out the main idea.

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Find the main idea hiding inside.

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If you can't point to it on the page, it's a guess.

What You'll Learn

We use the details to figure out the main idea. We use the details to figure out the main idea. Details help us understand the big idea.

Key Points

We use the details to figure out the main idea.

Details help us understand the big idea.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Do we need to remember details to find the main idea?

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What You'll Learn

Key Points

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

Stretch Challenge

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