Penguins 🐧
100 Points – Identify the Main Idea
Penguins live in very cold places like Antarctica. They huddle together to stay warm and protect their chicks.
Question: What is the main idea of this passage?
Penguins stay warm and protect each other in cold environments.
100 Points – Identify the Main Idea
Passage:
A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s surface where hot lava and gases escape. Some volcanoes erupt often, while others stay quiet for years.
Question: What is the main idea of this passage?
Volcanoes are openings in the Earth that can erupt with lava and gases.
100 Points – Identify the Main Idea
Passage:
The sun gives Earth light and heat. Without the sun, plants, animals, and people could not live.
Question: What is the main idea?
Answer: The sun is necessary for life on Earth.
100 Points – Identify the Main Idea
Passage:
Tornadoes are strong, spinning winds that can damage homes and trees.
Question: What is the main idea?
Answer: Tornadoes are powerful and can cause damage.
200 Points – Choose the Key Detail
Penguins use their flippers to move quickly through the water. They catch fish, squid, and krill for food.
Question: Which is a key detail that supports the main idea that penguins are strong swimmers?
Penguins use their flippers to move quickly through the water.
200 Points – Choose the Key Detail
Main Idea: Volcanoes can be dangerous.
Which is a key detail? Options:
A. Lava can destroy homes and forests.
B. Volcanoes are colorful.
C. Volcanoes are found in cold places.
A. Lava can destroy homes and forests.
200 Points – Choose the Key Detail
Main Idea: The moon affects Earth.
Choose the key detail:
A. The moon controls ocean tides.
B. The moon is made of cheese.
C. The moon has trees.
A. The moon controls ocean tides.
200 Points – Choose the Key Detail
Main Idea: Hurricanes can cause flooding.
Options:
A. Heavy rain and wind can cover cities with water.
B. Hurricanes are small storms.
C. Hurricanes are snowstorms.
A. Heavy rain and wind can cover cities with water.
300 Points – Match Main Idea & Detail
Main Idea: Penguins are birds that have adapted to life in water.
Details (choose which supports the main idea):
A. Penguins use wings to fly in the sky.
B. Penguins use flippers to swim.
C. Penguins build nests in trees.
B. Penguins use flippers to swim.
300 Points – Match Main Idea & Detail
Main Idea: Scientists study volcanoes to keep people safe.
Details (choose which supports the main idea):
A. They look for signs that a volcano might erupt.
B. They build houses on volcanoes.
C. They swim in lava.
A. They look for signs that a volcano might erupt.
300 Points – Match Main Idea & Detail
Main Idea: The Earth orbits the sun once every year.
Details (choose one):
A. Earth’s orbit causes the seasons to change.
B. The sun moves around the Earth.
C. Seasons stay the same all year.
A. Earth’s orbit causes the seasons to change.
300 Points – Match Main Idea & Detail
Main Idea: Weather can change quickly.
Details:
A. A sunny day can turn into a thunderstorm.
B. The weather is always the same.
C. Rain never falls in spring.
A. A sunny day can turn into a thunderstorm.
400 Points – Summarize
Penguins can’t fly, but they are great swimmers. They live in cold places and huddle to stay warm. They catch fish and raise their chicks together.
Question: Summarize this passage in your own words.
Penguins are strong swimmers that live in cold places and help each other stay warm and safe.
400 Points – Summarize
Passage:
Volcanoes can both harm and help the Earth. Lava destroys homes and trees, but ash makes the soil rich for plants.
Question: Summarize this passage.
Volcanoes can cause damage, but they also help plants grow by making soil rich
400 Points – Summarize
Passage:
The planets move around the sun in a pattern called an orbit. Each planet takes a different amount of time to go around the sun.
Question: Summarize this passage.
Planets orbit the sun at different speeds and distances.
400 Points – Summarize
Passage:
Rain helps plants grow, but too much rain can cause flooding. Farmers need just the right amount of rain for their crops.
Question: Summarize this passage.
Answer: Rain is helpful for plants, but too much can cause flooding.