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Find the Main Idea: There are about 2,000 species of bats. They come in many sizes. Bats are rather strange looking animals. They are soft and furry with large ears. Bats cannot run or walk. They usually eat insects. Bats are the only mammals that fly.

• Bats are unusual animals.

• Bats move by running and flying.

• Bats look like many other animals.

Find the Main Idea:

One of the best-known cartoonists in the world was Walt Disney. As a boy, Walt loved to draw. He moved to Hollywood and there he made cartoons. He was responsible for creating the characters of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto the dog, and others.

• Drawing cartoons makes you famous.

• Walt Disney made many well-known cartoon characters.

• Pluto is Disney's best-known cartoon character.

Which supporting detail best supports this main idea?

• She has a really cute monkey named Boots.

• Dora's purple backpack holds all of her tools.

• Dora helps teach kids Spanish words.

• She usually stops Swiper from swiping.

Gorilla babies are cute, but they rely on their mothers to survive the first year of their lives. Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies. They nurse their babies. They protect them from danger. They teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas. Mama's are just as important to gorillas as they are for human babies! What is one supporting detail from the text?

• Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies.

• They teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.

• Baby gorillas need their mothers a lot.

• Mother gorillas prefer to keep their babies safe.

What is the paragraph mostly about?

• Home made pizza is delicious.

• How disgusting pizza is.

• How to make home made pizza.

• Where to buy the ingredients for home made pizza.

What is the main idea of the paragraph?

• Porpoises live in the ocean

• Porpoises are mammals

• Porpoises must come up for air

• Porpoises are very interesting animals

What is the main idea of the paragraph?

• Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is

• Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way

• Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short

• They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area

Which detail supports the main idea that recycling is important for the environment?

• There are many landfills available for waste.

• Recycling paper saves trees from being cut down.

• Clean jars before recycling them.

• Separate your paper, cans, and glass jars before recycling.

Select the supporting detail that doesn't fit.

Main Idea: My cat is afraid of everything.

• He hides under the couch when you turn the microwave on.

• He sleeps all day long.

• He runs away when you sweep the floor.

• He jumps every time the doorbell rings.

Which of these is a supporting detail from the passage?

• Their flight lasted 12 seconds, but it inspired others.

• Wilbur and Orville were brothers who were inventors.

• They moved their first plane to Kitty Hawk.

• They had big dreams