RP 2C Main Idea/Theme: Summarizing Basic

RP 2C Main Idea/Theme: Summarizing Lesson 1 Basic

by Crystal Gammon

Multiple Choice

Rivers are special bodies of water. They can be busy water highways filled with ships. They can be quiet places where people come to fish, sail, or swim. The flow of water in rivers can be used to provide power for cities. The water also can be used on farms to help grow plants for food.

1. Choose the best summary for this paragraph

• Rivers are important to ships that use waterways as highways.

• Rivers can be busy or quiet, and they can be helpful to both cities and farms.

• . Rivers are good for leisure activities such as fishing, sailing, and swimming.

• Rivers are important to farming because their water is used to grow crops.

Multiple Choice

Plants are the beginning of a food chain. A little fish may eat plants to get energy in the lake where it lives. Or the little fish may eat worms and insects that feed on plants. If you have ever gone fishing, you know that you use a little fish to catch a bigger fish. The big fish gets energy from plants by eating the little fish. You, in turn, get energy from plants by eating the big fish.

2. Choose the best summary for this paragraph.

• Big fish prey on little fish as their main source of food.

• Little fish eat worms and insects in the lakes where they live.

• A food chain begins with plants, followed by animals and humans.

• People use worms to catch both small fish and big fish

Multiple Choice

Most of the morning, Shauna stood watching the dolphins play and catch fish. After lunch, Martha told Shauna that if she stood closer to the pool with her hand out, a dolphin would jump up and touch it. Shauna shook her head at first, but then put her hand out over the pool. After a few minutes, a dolphin swam to Shauna and jumped up, touching Shauna’s hand with her nose.

3. Choose the best summary for this paragraph.

• Shauna feeds the dolphins by throwing fish for them to catch.

• Shauna learns how to train a dolphin to perform tricks in the pool.

• Shauna eats lunch by the side of the pool while watching some dolphins.

• Shauna overcomes her shyness and lets a dolphin touch her hand.

Multiple Choice

Alex became aware that he was not alone on the train. He was not even alone in his own clothes. A stray mouse had dashed into his pant leg while he was harnessing his horse. He stamped his feet and shook his body wildly to get rid of the little critter.

4. Choose the best summary for this paragraph.

• Alex tries to get rid of a mouse that has found a hiding place in his clothes.

• Alex harnessed his horse so he could ride it to meet the train at the station.

• Alex did not like to travel alone so he brought his pet mouse with him on his trip.

• Alex was afraid of critters and did everything he could to stay away from them.