TOPIC SENTENCES
Grade 4

Read each paragraph below. 
What is the most important idea? Which sentence tells you this idea? 
That is the topic sentence of the paragraph.

Copy and paste the topic sentence into the blank space.
Then paste one detail sentence that helps to explain the topic.

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   STORY #1
           

    Disneyworld is an exciting place to visit. First, you can go on many thrilling rides. Second, you can eat all kinds of good food. I like hot dogs and frozen bananas best. Next, there are many shows to see. Finally, you can watch a great parade before you go back home.
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  STORY #2


Careful...This is tricky!

    Every day at 6 am, Kim puts on old clothes and heads for the barn. She takes care of her horse before she goes to school. She carries a bucket of fresh water to his stall. Then she gets a pail of grain and an armload of alfalfa hay. She puts it in his trough. Finally, she takes him to the pasture where he will graze while she is at school.
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  STORY #3

    Spices were very valuable in olden times. There wasn't any refrigeration, so foods spoiled more quickly than today. Spices helped preserve food so it would last longer. Spices helped hide the taste of slightly spoiled food. Spices added variety to the taste of food.
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