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📖 How Woodpeckers Find Insects

Woodpeckers tap and drill into tree bark with strong beaks. They can detect insects hiding under bark. Many have long tongues that reach into narrow spaces. Their stiff tail feathers help brace them against tree trunks.

1. What is one important fact from the passage?

 

2. What second detail explains the topic?

 

3. What additional detail does the passage give?

 

4. What is the main idea?

 

✏️ Writing

Write 3–4 sentences explaining how woodpeckers find insects. Use at least two details from the passage.

➕ Math

1. How many minutes are in 2 hours? ______
2. How many cents are in 3 quarters? ______
3. Which unit is better for measuring a pencil: inches or miles? __________
4. Which is heavier: a paper clip or a bowling ball? __________

🎨 Color & Create

Draw and label a simple diagram that helps explain how woodpeckers find insects.

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📖 Reading Answers

  1. Woodpeckers tap and drill into tree bark with strong beaks.
  2. They can detect insects hiding under bark.
  3. Many have long tongues that reach into narrow spaces.
  4. The passage explains how woodpeckers find insects.

➕ Math Answers

  1. 120
  2. 75
  3. Inches
  4. Bowling ball

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