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Trucks
rhe main idea rells what the whole story is about.
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Trucks do importont work. Dump lrucks corry owoy sond ond
rocks. Cement trucks hove o borrel thot turns round ond round.
They deliver cement lo workers who ore moking sidewolks. Fire
trucks corry woter hoses ond firefighters. Gosoline is delivered in
lorge tonk trucks. Flotbed trucks corry wood to the people who
ore building houses.
Find the sentence in the story thot tells the moin ideo, Write it in the
circle below, Then drow o line from the moin ideo to oll the trucks thot
were described in the story, tank truck
dump truck

flatbed tuck Trucks do

important
work.
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Write the sentence that tells the main idea on another sheet of paper. Draw a picture that
tells about the sentence.
Scholastic Success With Reading Comprehension ' Grade 1