Finding The Main Idea

First, watch this video about finding the main idea. Choose whether the sentence is a supporting detail, main idea, or does not belong. Supporting Detail I could eat pizza everyday. Peter's Pizzeria has the best tasting pizza. My favorite toppings are pepperoni and pineapple. The crust should always be crisp. Main Idea I absolutely love pizza. Does Not Belong I eat more cheese than a mouse. After reading the passage below, complete the graphic organizer using paragraphs 4-7. 1. While your parents might remember gummy bears as a sweettreat that came along in the early 1980s, their origins actually date back much farther than that. German entrepreneur Hans Riegel invented gummy candies way back in the early 1920s when he started his candy company Haribo. Today, Haribo continues to be one of the world's top manufacturers of gummycandies.2. Riegel's firstgummycandies were shaped likebears. Riegel was inspired by the trained bears he had grown up watching at street festivals around Europe. The original baseingredientRiegel used was gum arabic, which led to the namegummybears.3. Today, the baseingredientofgummycandies isediblegelatin. Also found inlicorice, soft caramels, and marshmallows,ediblegelatingivesgummybears theirchewyconsistencyand long shelf life.4. Gummy bears are mass-produced in factories by the tens of thousands at a time. First, the ingredients are mixed together in a large vat. Typical ingredients include corn syrup, sugar, water, gelatin, food coloring, and flavorings. Flavorings often come from fruit juices and citric acid.5. Once the ingredients are mixed, the resulting liquid is cooked until it thickens into what manufacturers call aslurry. Theslurryis then poured into molds for shaping.Gummybears would be poured intobear-shaped molds, of course. There are many different types of shapes forgummycandies, though. One of the most popular you're probably familiar with is thegummyworm.6. The molds forgummycandies are lined with corn starch, which prevents thegummycandies from sticking to the molds. After thegummycandyslurryis poured into the molds, it is cooled to 65º F and allowed to sit for 24 hours to allow theslurryto cool and set.7. After 24 hours in the molds, the gummy candies are removed and placed in a large drum tumbler. In the tumbler, the gummycandies are tumbled in a light food-grade oil that absorbs any remaining corn starch and keeps the gummy candies soft and fresh. After they're tumbled, the gummy candies are ready to be packaged and sold.