Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizer & Summary

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1. What is the main idea of this passage?
Swan
a. Animal mothers care for their babies alone. Both parents care for their babies.
Families
b. Animal families have lots of babies. They carry them on their .
c. Animals have different types of families.
Cheetah
2. What do swan parents NOT do for their babies? The mothers raise their cubs .
Families
They help and teach them.
a. care for them b. carry them c. catch them

3. Cheetah cubs open their eyes when they are almost . Seahorse
The fathers take care of the eggs.
Families
a. two weeks old b. four weeks old c. six weeks old They keep them in pouches .

4. Where do seahorse fathers keep their eggs?

a. in nests b. in pouches c. in plants pouches backs carry teach alone

Step Complete the summary with the words from the box.
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Check true or false. T F
Animals have different kinds of families. For example, swan
5. Swan babies can fly when they are born.
parents take care of their babies. Sometimes they even carry them

6. Cheetah mothers and fathers both raise their babies. on their backs. However, cheetah mothers raise their by
themselves. They help them a lot and teach them to hunt . Last,
seahorse fathers care for their eggs in special pouches.
Write the correct answer.
7. How are all these animal families similar?
cubs eggs parents different hunt
All the parents love their babies .

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