Name: ____________________	I CAN IDENITFY THE MAIN IDEA

I CAN IDENTIFY THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

Animals’ Sleeping Habits

Sleep for humans almost always means a bed or a mat. Animals, however, have many different ways of sleeping.

For warmth, some animals sleep in groups. Lions, monkeys, and penguins are a few animals that sleep in groups. Elephants also sleep in a group, but they sleep in groups for protection. The larger elephants make a circle around the young elephants. The larger elephants sleep standing up. The younger ones get inside the circle and lie down to sleep.

Some animals sleep in trees. Birds will lock their feet onto a branch to keep from falling out of the tree. Other animals, like squirrels and baboons, make nests in the trees to sleep in. They curl up to keep warm. Bats hang upside down form tree branches to sleep.

Animals sleep in many different places and in many different ways. But just like humans, every animal must sleep.

Which sentence tells the main idea of this story?

Sleep for humans almost always means a bed or a mat.

Animals have many different ways of sleeping.

Some animals sleep in trees.

What it the author’s purpose of this story?

The author wants to answer a reader’s question about what animals do to protect their babies.

The author wants to explain why animals need to get 8 hours of sleep a night.

The author wants to describe the different ways animals sleep.

tlottes

2011-11-03

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