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Sophie is doing her homework. She sits at her kitchen table and reads her book. She can usually do her work by herself. Sometimes she has to ask her parents for help. What is the main idea?
 
Sophie is doing her homework.
 
Sophie is at the kitchen table.
 
Sophie's parents help her.
Lexi loves to jump rope. She can jump rope very fast and even do a criss-cross. She is trying to learn how to double dutch. It is harder to jump over two ropes. What is the main idea?
 
Lexi loves to jump rope.
 
It is hard to double dutch.
 
Lexi can jump fast.
Jacob led a backyard safari. He and his friends looked at trees. They picked up rocks. They looked in the pond. They found many interesting animals. What is the main idea?
 
Jacob led his friends through the backyard.
 
Jacob and his friends went to Africa.
 
Jacob and his friends looked at trees.
Storks are interesting birds. They live in Europe in the spring and summer. They fly south every fall. They spend the winter in Africa. It is warmer there.  What is the main idea?
 
Storks live in Europe in the summer and Africa in the winter
 
Winters are warmer in Africa.
 
Storks are cold.
Zach polled his class to find out what kinds of pets they each had. He found out that five kids have dogs, seven kids have cats, and six kids don't have pets. What is the main idea?
 
Zach polled his class about pets.
 
More kids have cats than dogs.
 
Six kids don't have pets.
Ann helped her mom plant a garden. First, they picked out the weeds so the new plants would have room to grow. Then, they put the seeds into the soil & watered the seeds. Finally, they watched the plants in the garden grow. What is the m
 
Ann helped plant a garden.
 
Ann picked weeds.
 
Ann watered the seeds.
Kayla's favorite animal is the koala. She has some koala toys. Her favorite thing in her room is her poster of a koala. She likes to see the koalas at the zoo. One time she got to pet a koala. What is the main idea?
 
Kayla likes koalas.
 
Kayla got to pet a koala.
 
Kayla has koala toys.
Logan likes to play all types of games. Logan's favorite games are card games. HE likes playing games on the playground too. Logan likes games so much that he doesn't care if he wins. What is the main idea?
 
Logan likes playing games.
 
Logan likes card games the best.
 
Logan lieks to win.
Eric had a part in the school play. His costume had paws, a tail, and a mane.  He put it on and growled. Can you guess what part Eric played?  Yes, he was a lion.  What is the main idea?
 
Eric played a lion in the play.
 
Eric's costume had a mane.
 
Eric had a tail.
Sandy cannot reach high shelves. She cannot even reach the kitchen sink without a stool. That is why Sandy likes giraffes. She would like to be one! What is the main idea?
 
Sandy is not very tall.
 
Sandy cannot reach the sink.
 
Sandy likes giraffes.
There are many different kinds of bears. Polar bears have white fur and live in cold climates. There are also brown bears and black bears. These bears mostly live in forests. What is the main idea?
 
There are many types of bears.
 
Polar bears live in cold climates.
 
Black bears live in forests.
Sue's favorite book is Crictor by Tom Ungerer. It is about a teacher and her pet snake. Sue laughs every time she reads it. What is the main idea?
 
Crictor is a funny book about a pet snake.
 
Snakes are funny.
 
Sue likes to laugh.
Kesley collects stickers. She has some stickers that smell. She has some stickers that are glittery. She also has stickers that are very big. All her stickers are in her sticker book. What is the main idea?
 
Kelsey collect stickers.
 
Kelsey's sticker book is full.
 
Some stickers smell.
Jane has a pet goldfish. She feeds her goldfish every day. She also has to change the water in the fish bowl. Jane likes to watch her goldfish swim around her bowl. What is the main idea?
 
Jane takes care of her goldfish.
 
Jane changes the water in the fish bowl.
 
Jane's goldfish is named Ralph.
When an octopus is trying to get away from an enemy, it sprays ink. This ink clouds the water. The ink also blocks the smell of the octopus. Then the octopus can get a way. What is the main idea?
 
An octopus can spray ink as a defense.
 
Ink clouds the water.
 
Enemies can't smell the octopus.
Mike went on a zoo safari. He saw many animals, but he liked the hippos the best. They were slow on land, but they were fast in the water. What is the main idea?
 
Mike liked the hippos at the zoo.
 
Hippos are fast swimmers.
 
Mike saw many animals at the zoo.
The fastest animal on Earth is the cheetah. Cheetahs can run up to 70 miles per hour. They can't run fast for very long though. Running takes a lot of their energy. What is the main idea?
 
Cheetahs can run very fast.
 
Cheetahs run faster than cars.
 
Running takes a lot of a cheetah's energy.
Hannah likes to write in her journal. She writes about things she did. Sometimes she writes poems and stories. What is the main idea?
 
Hannah likes to write in her journal.
 
Hannah writes almost every day.
 
Hannah writes poems.
David is writing a biography. He will write about Anne Frank. First, David had to read books to learn about Anne. Now, David will write about Anne's life. What is the main idea?
 
David is writing a biography.
 
David finished his biography.
 
David read books about Anne Frank.
Baby animals have special names. A baby lion is a cub. A baby zebra is a colt. A baby giraffe is a calf. A baby elephant is a calf, too. What is the main idea?
 
Baby animals have special names.
 
Baby giraffes and elephants are calves.
 
A baby lion is a cub.
Africa has many places for animals to live. Zebras live on the plains. Camels live in the desert. Monkeys live in the rain forests. What is the main idea?
 
There are many places for animals to live in Africa.
 
Zebras live in Africa.
 
Camels live in hte desert.
Animals are born with ways to keep themselves warm. Some animals only have skin. Mammals have fur. Birds are covered with feathers. Reptiles have scales. What is the main idea?
 
Animals have different ways to stay warm.
 
Birds have feathers.
 
Mammals have fur.
Elephants use their trunks for smelling, like a nose. They can also use their trunks to pick up and touch things. They can also suck water into their trunks and then pour it into their mouths. What is the main idea?
 
Elephants use their trunks for many things.
 
Elephants trunks are like mouths.
 
Elphants drink through their trunks.
Bats cannot see in the dark, but they can still hunt. THey do this by making high-pitched noises, then listening to the echoes that come back. This helps them "see" what is around them. What is the main idea?
 
Bats use echoes to hunt.
 
Bats cannot hear.
 
Bats cannot hunt.