Skeleton toys, photos, and candles are supporting details to which main idea?

Some people build altars in their homes for Dia de los Muertos.

How do people celebrate friends and family during Dia de los Muertos?

They make paintings and put up photos of a person who has died.

Dia de los Muertos has many traditions. What is a tradition?

a belief or custom that is passed down from year to year and generations

Which sentence is the main idea? (The other 3 are details)

Dia de los Muertos and Halloween are two different holidays

"Some people build altars in their homes to welcome the spirit of loved ones." What is the definition of altars?

tables or other surfaces that are used for religious/spiritual purposes

Which sentence best tells the main idea of this book?

People celebrate Dia de los Muertos to honor loved ones who have died.

Which sentence is an opinion?

No other holiday is so full of life, costumes, masks, joy, memories, & love

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Dia de los Muertos

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1
Skeleton toys, photos, and candles are supporting details to which main idea?
Children and adults paint masks and wear them in a parade.
Lidia Teran-Cooper grew up in Mexico.
Some people build altars in their homes for Dia de los Muertos.
Some people make sugar skulls for Dia de los Muertos.
2
What genre was this text?
Fantasy
Realistic fiction
Biography
Informational nonfiction
3
How do people celebrate friends and family during Dia de los Muertos?
They tell stories about family still living and have picnics in cemeteries.
They make paintings and put up photos of a person who has died.
They make a special bread and take part in a parade.
They decorate altars every day and hire bands to sing special songs.
4
What was the author's purpose for writing this text?
explain a process
persuade
inform
entertain
5
Dia de los Muertos has many traditions. What is a tradition?
a belief or custom that is passed down from year to year and generations
a formal parade.
a place where dead people are buried.
a table used for religious purposes.
6
Which sentence is the main idea? (The other 3 are details)
People remember and celebrate loved ones who have died.
Dia de los Muertos is a time of joy.
Dia de los Muertos and Halloween are two different holidays
Halloween is often about scaring people.
7
"Some people build altars in their homes to welcome the spirit of loved ones." What is the definition of altars?
beliefs or customs that are passed down from year to year & generations
family members from long ago
a formal parade
tables or other surfaces that are used for religious/spiritual purposes
8
Which sentence best tells the main idea of this book?
Children in Mexico and U.S. love eating sugar skulls on Dia de los Muertos.
Some people build altars in their home to welcome the spirits of loved ones
Dia de los Muertos might seem like Halloween, but they're different.
People celebrate Dia de los Muertos to honor loved ones who have died.
9
How is Halloween different than Dia de los Muertos?
People eat special treats.
People scare each other.
Adults wear face paint.
Children wear costumes.
10
Which sentence is an opinion?
No other holiday is so full of life, costumes, masks, joy, memories, & love
Dia de los Muertos has many other traditions.
Children and adults paint the masks and wear them in the parade.
People in Mexico have celebrated Dia de los Muertos for thousands of years

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