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FIND THE MAIN IDEA IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH:
Sloths are the slowest mammals on earth. It takes a full minute for a sloth to move 6 feet across the ground. You probably couldn’t move that slowly if you tried! The sloth’s body is about 2 feet long. It has long legs, and curved claws that are 3 to 4 inches long. Their claws and their long legs help them climb trees and hang from tree branches. They spend almost their entire lives hanging from tree branches. The life of a sloth is not very exciting.

Sloths spend most of their time on the ground.

FIND THE MAIN IDEA IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH:
Sloths have a round head, small ears, a stubby tail, and sad-looking eyes set in a dark-colored “mask.” The shape of a sloth’s mouth makes it look like it is always smiling. It has extra bones in its neck that make it possible for it to turn its head almost all the way around. Sloths are very cute to look at, but they don’t put on much of a show.


Sloths are very cute to look at, but they don’t put on much of a show.

Sloths have a round head, small ears, a stubby tail, and sad-looking eyes set in a dark-colored “mask.

It has extra bones in its neck that make it possible for it to turn its head almost all the way around.

FIND THE MAIN IDEA IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH:
Sloths are home to other plants and creatures. Tiny plants grow on the sloth’s fur, making the animals appear to be green. This green color makes the sloths almost invisible against the green leaves of the trees they live in. Moths and insects also live in the sloth’s fur. Maybe the sloths move so little and so seldom that the small creatures that live on them don’t even know they are animals.


Sloths have tiny plants growing on their fur, which makes them appear green and almost invisible in trees.

Sloths are home to other plants and creatures.

The sloths' lack of movement may cause the small creatures living on them to not recognize them as animals.

Sloths provide habitat for other plants and creatures.

FIND THE MAIN IDEA IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH:
Benjamin’s class was learning about unusual animals. Today they were going on a field trip to the zoo to see some of the animals they had learned about. Benjamin’s favorite was the sloth. He had never seen one, but he had learned a lot about them, and seen pictures of them. They were so cute. They had big round eyes, and looked like they were wearing a mask. The sloths in all of the pictures looked like they were smiling.


Benjamin's class was learning about unusual animals.

Benjamin's class went on a field trip to the zoo to see the animals.

Sloths have big round eyes and look like they are wearing a mask.

FIND THE MAIN IDEA IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH:
Benjamin remembered a story he had read about sloths. The story said that many sloths live in the tropical forests in the South American country of Bolivia. Santa Cruz, a large city in Bolivia, has many large parks with old and beautiful trees. Years ago, many sloths lived in these trees. People liked to come to the parks and look for the sloths. Even though there were many sloths in the parks, they were hard to see. Their fur was as green as the leaves of the trees they lived in. Benjamin wished he could have visited one of those parks. He was sure he would have been able to spot the sloths, even if they were hard to see.

Sloths live in tropical forests in Bolivia

Years ago, many sloths lived in the city parks of Santa Cruz.

Sloths have green fur that blends with trees

Benjamin wanted to visit the parks to see sloths

FIND THE MAIN IDEA IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH:
The story went on to say that there was a problem with the sloths in the parks. Even though sloths don’t move very often, and are very, very slow, they do not like to be bothered. And if they are bothered, their long curved claws make very good weapons. Children in the parks of Santa Cruz, and even some adults, would poke at the sloths to try to get them to move. Some of these people got serious scratches and cuts from the sloths’ sharp claws. The city decided to move the sloths out of the parks and back to the forests that were their natural home. Benjamin decided that had been a good idea. The sloths would be safer, and so would the people.


The problem with the sloths in the parks was due to people bothering them and getting scratched by their claws.

Sloths in parks were bothered by people, leading to injuries caused by their sharp claws.

Sloths were moved from parks to forests for safety reasons after people were injured by their claws.

City authorities decided to relocate sloths from parks to forests to ensure safety for both sloths and people.

FIND THE MAIN IDEA IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH:
Benjamin’s class arrived at the zoo, and they finally came to the section where the sloths lived. The sign said there were two sloths. It was a large area, with many trees. Benjamin looked and looked, but he didn’t see the sloths. He was very disappointed. Then his teacher said, “Look there!” and pointed. And there was one of the sloths, just ten feet away from Benjamin, a little higher than his head. And it was even cuter in person than it was in the pictures.


The class visits the zoo and finally sees the sloths up close.

Benjamin is disappointed when he can't find the sloths at first.

Benjamin's teacher helps him spot one of the sloths nearby.

The sloth appears even cuter in person than in the pictures.

Main Idea Worksheet: Fun Facts About Sloths

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