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SKILL PRACTICE
Read the question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1.
 
Which of these states an opinion?
A 
A sea turtle wore the first camera.
B 
Some cameras use sticky patches.
C 
Best of all, the animals are
not bothered.
D 
Some penguins wore backpacks.
 2.
 
Which of these states a fact?
A 
It is important to study land animals.
B 
Bears look cute with collars.
C 
People think the films are exciting.
D 
Crittercams have been used on both 
land and sea animals.
 3. Which states an opinion about Crittercams?
A 
They are used on land and sea animals.
B 
They are attached in a variety of ways.
C 
There is no better way to study animals.
D 
Some are placed on fish fins.
 4. What is the second paragraph 
mainly about?
A 
ideas for developing new cameras
B 
the first animals to wear cameras
C 
ways Crittercams are put on turtles
D 
the changes made in Crittercams 
through the years
STRATEGY PRACTICE
Which paragraph gives the most information chronologically?
Fact and Opinion
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WEEK 26
Cause and Effect 
Fact and Opinion
DAY 5
READ THE PASSAGE
Visualize the animal as you read.
Hanging Around
Sloths are animals that make their homes in trees. This flat-faced mammal 
lives in rainforests. It spends most of its time hanging from tree branches. A sloth 
is adapted to live its life hanging like a hammock.
A tree is a place of safety for a sloth, and the ground is not. Long, curved 
claws on each foot help it climb a tree and hang. With strong shoulder and neck 
muscles, a sloth can hang with ease. But a sloth’s back legs are so weak, it 
cannot stand. It is a plant eater, so food is handy in a tree. A sloth simply tugs on 
a branch until its long tongue can reach the leaves.
Spotting a sloth is not easy. For one thing, it stays very still and moves ever so 
slowly. It may take the mammal a day to inch from one tree to another. And all of 
the moisture in the rainforest causes tiny green algae to grow on the sloth’s brown 
fur. With a mossy-green color, the sloth blends right in with its home. Going “green” 
is easy for a sloth!