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Determine the main idea of a paragraph

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teaches Common Core State Standards RI.4.2 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/4/2
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In this lesson you will learn how to determine the main idea of a paragraph by looking at the first sentence and asking "what is this paragraph teaching me?"