ELA.3.R.2.2 3.6.G 3.7.C 3.7.G* 3.9.D

Key Ideas and Details

Key Ideas and Details: The main idea of a passage is what the passage is mostly about. The key ideas are the smaller main ideas the author uses to support, or give information about, the big main idea. The key ideas are supported by details that give smaller bits of information. Together, key ideas and details give the reader more information about the main idea.

When you read a passage, first identify the main idea. Then, look for the key ideas the author uses to give information about it. What details, or smaller pieces of information, support the key ideas?

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Dear Mom and Dad,

I know you don't think I should get a kitten, but I think I should. I know I didn't take very good care of my goldfish. I was too young to take care of a pet back then.

Now that I am older, I am ready to do all the work to take care of the kitten. I will feed it. I will clean out its litter box. I will even help pay for its food with my allowance. I hope you will at least think about it.

Love,
Tim

The passage is mainly about why Tim thinks his parents should let him get a kitten. This is the main idea of the letter.

The key ideas that support the passage's main idea are —

Tim knows he wasn't ready to take care of a pet in the past.

Tim is ready to take care of a pet now.

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Key Ideas & Details

Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.3.R.2.2

Identify the central idea and explain how relevant details support that idea in a text.

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