Healing Power of Wolves (Main Idea)

What is the main topic of the passage "Healing Power of Wolves"?

• Doctors

• Ecosystems

• Wolves

• Rivers

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the main idea of the passage "Healing Power of Wolves"?

• Wolves have magical healing powers that scientists have discovered.

• Wolves and other "top predators" are an important part of an ecosystem.

• The ecosystem and food chain of a river.

• Food webs

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is one key detail that supports the main idea?

• What keeps Skittles from falling back into the jar? Your fingers!

• There are many different animals and fish that live in rivers.

• A food chain starts with decay detrivores (worms, insects, and mushrooms that live in soil).

• If wolves no longer live in an area, then the number of animals that they eat will increase in their population.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What is another key detail that supports the main idea?

• Did you know that wolves are like doctors? Just like a doctor helps heal people, or helps them get better, wolves do the same for the ecosystem.

• Vegetation isn't just food for animals.

• Without roots to hold the soil, the dirt along the side of the river can fall into the water.

• Dams provide protection and shelter for turtles, fish and insects.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

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CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7