RI 5.2 Summarizing

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What is the best summary for this passage?

What would it be like to have teeth like a shark? A shark can have up to 3,000 teeth at one time. Shark teeth grow in rows, one behind another. Most sharks have five rows of teeth. When a shark loses a tooth, it is replaced by a tooth from the row behind it. I don't know about you, but I am glad that I don't have shark teeth!

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Sharks have thousands of teeth that grow in rows.

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What is the best summary for this passage?

When Louis Braille was just three years old, he was in an accident that left him blind. When he was a teenager, Louis created a set of raised dots that blind people could use to read. In 1829, Louis published the first book using his system of raised dots, which is called the Braille system and is still used today.

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Louis Braille invented a system to help blind people read.

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Braille is a language that not many people know.

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Louis Braille was a very creative young man.

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Louis Braille invented a system to help blind people read.

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What is the best summary of the passage about Mars?

"Even though Mars is our planetary neighbor, Earth and Mars do not have much in common. Mars is smaller than Earth and much, much colder. Not only that, the atmosphere on Mars is mostly carbon dioxide, which is poisonous to humans. There is also no water on Mars. Would you want to visit Mars?"

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Mars is a small, cold planet with poisonous air.

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What is the best summary of this passage? "Mickey Mouse is much older than he looks! He was created by Walt Disney in 1928. His first public appearance was in a black and white cartoon called Steamboat Willie. At that time, most cartoons were still silent. Steamboat Willie was one of the first cartoons with sound."

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Mickey Mouse first appeared in a black and white cartoon in 1928.

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What are the two main purposes of bones in the human body?

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Bones give your body structure and protect your internal organs.

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What is the best summary of the passage about police dogs?

Dogs are not only good pets, they can also help solve crimes! Police dogs have been trained to help policemen and women do their jobs. For example, since dogs are good at picking up scents, some dogs have been trained to track criminals or missing people. They can also detect bombs and other explosives.

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Police dogs have been trained to solve crimes by following scents.

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What is the best summary of the passage about blind cave fish?

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Blind cave fish do not have eyes because they live in darkness.

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What is the best summary of the passage about the tallest trees in the world located in Northern California?

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Redwood trees in Northern California are the tallest trees in the world.

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What is the best summary of the passage about how snakes eat?

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Snakes can open their mouths very wide to swallow their food whole.

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What is the best summary of this passage?

"Did you know that only one kind of mammal is native to New Zealand? Until people brought in other mammals, bats were the only mammals to inhabit the island country. In addition to bats, New Zealand is home to several kinds of lizards and frogs, some very large insects, and many species of birds."

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Bats are the only mammals native to New Zealand.

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There are many kinds of mammals native to New Zealand.

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New Zealand is a very unique place.

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Bats are the only mammals native to New Zealand.