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Life as a Giraffe

Read a four-paragraph article about giraffes, find its main topic, and tell what each paragraph is mostly about.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.2.2

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students identify the main topic of a multiparagraph article about giraffes.
Students tell the focus of each paragraph in the article.
Students decide which details and sentences fit a paragraph or the main topic.

How to use

Read the article aloud once, then have students reread one paragraph at a time as they answer. Ask them to say each paragraph's focus in a few words before they choose.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.2.2

Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text and the focus of each paragraph within it.

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Life as a Giraffe

Tell what each paragraph is about, then find the big idea.

Read the article

Read the article. Think about what each paragraph is mostly about.

Life as a Giraffe

1Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world. They live on the grasslands of Africa. A giraffe's body helps it live there, but its size can also make some things hard to do.

2A giraffe eats leaves from high up in trees. Many of these trees have sharp thorns. A giraffe's long neck lets it get to branches that most other animals cannot reach. Then it wraps its long, dark tongue around a branch and pulls the leaves off. Giraffes spend many hours each day eating.

3Drinking is hard for a giraffe. Its legs are so long that its neck cannot reach the ground. To drink at a water hole, a giraffe spreads its front legs wide apart. Then it bends its neck down to the water. Giraffes get a lot of water from the leaves they eat, so they do not need to drink every day.

4A giraffe's coat is covered with brown patches. The patches help a giraffe blend in with the shadows of trees. This can make it harder for lions to spot a giraffe. No two giraffes have exactly the same patches. Scientists can tell giraffes apart by looking at their patterns.

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