Reading Skills

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What is the main idea of this paragraph? Seated on his throne, King Midas wore a golden crown. He had golden rings on each finger and held a golden scepter. His vest was embroidered with golden thread and even his shoes had golden ornaments. He had a golden box filled with gold coins. He named his daughter Marigold.

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King Midas loved gold.

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What is the main idea of this paragraph? The earth's surface is constantly changing.  All over the world everyday there are earthquakes, floods and volcanoes that quickly change our world. Some changes are too small to see.  Others cause tremendous damage and costs millions of dollars to clean up.

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The Earth's surface is always changing.

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What is the main idea of this paragraph? Sharks can lose up to 30,000 teeth in their lifetime. Sharks have teeth arranged in rows inside their mouths. These teeth do not have roots like human teeth do, so they fall out easily. When a shark takes a powerful bite into its food, several teeth are lost. When these teeth are lost, new ones push forward from the back rows to replace them. Luckily, sharks continually grow new teeth to replace the thousands they lose.

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Sharks lose many teeth over their lifetime.

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What is a summary?

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briefly retelling a story using important details

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What is the BEST summary of this passage? It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. 

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Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

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What can you infer about the following: Sofia threw on mismatched socks and forgot to brush her teeth. She ran out the door just in time to see the bus drive by.

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Sofia's alarm didn't go off, and she was late for school.

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What can you infer about Ben? Ben is auditioning for a part in the school play. He's been fine all day, but right before the audition he says he feels sick.

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is nervous about the audition

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What can you infer is Saanvi's favorite subject in school? Saanvi loves to learn about animals and their habitats. She also really loves learning about space and all of the planets.

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science

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What can you infer? Turner almost wished that he hadn’t listened to the radio. He went to the closet and grabbed his umbrella. He would feel silly carrying it to the bus stop on such a sunny morning.

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Turner heard a weather forecast that predicted rain

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Analyze the chart. How many weeks had only 4 days of rain?

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