1. Amazing Animals
Drawing conclusions

2. What do the pictures and captions on
page 54 show?
• The pictures show animals. The captions tell about each
animal.

3. What do they suggest the text will be
about?
• It will tell what makes animals special.

4. Do you think polar bear fur looks
sparkling in the sun?
• Yes, because it is like glass and looks white in the sun.

5. How does thick, white fur help polar bears
live in cold, snowy places?
• It helps them keep warm and hide in the snow.

6. From what you have read so far, is
this selection a true story or a fantasy?
Explain
• True story
• The text gives facts. The pictures show real animals.

7. Does an elephant have its trunk or tusks
first? How do you know?
• Trunk
• A baby elephant has a trunk. It takes many years for the
tusks to grow.

8. How are elephant’s tusks like your teeth?
• They are hard and take time to grow.

9. How are they different?
• Tusks are much longer than our teeth, and there are only 2
tusks. We have more teeth than that.

10. What is special about camels’ eyelashes?
• There are 2 rows of thick long eyelashes.

11. Where do you think camels live that they
need special eyelashes?
• Camels live in sandy, windy places. The eyelashes help
keep sand from blowing in their eyes.

12. What is inside a camel’s hump?
• Fat

13. How does it help camels live in the
desert?
• When camels make long trips across the desert, they can
use the fat as food.

14. What kind of animal is a duck?
• Bird

15. How do the shape of a duck’s feet and
toes make it a good swimmer?
• The wide feet and toes help push a duck easily through the
water.

16. The text says that a giraffe has a long
neck. How does the picture help you
see how tall a giraffe is and long its
neck is?
• The picture shows the giraffe reaching the leaves of a tree. It
shows the giraffe’s neck being much longer than the head.

17. How is a long neck helpful to giraffes?
• A long neck helps giraffes live. They can reach food that
other animals cannot and take better care of their babies.

18. What do the quills of a newborn porcupine
feel like?
• The quills are soft

19. How are they different from an adult?
• On a newborn, quills are soft. On the adult, they are sharp

20. Why would a baby porcupine be born with
soft quills instead of sharp ones?
• Soft quills would make it easier for the mother to care for
the baby.

21. Why would a porcupine want other
animals to stay away?
• The other animals might want to hurt the porcupine.

22. What is the main idea of the text that tells
about turtles?
• Turtles have a very hard shell.

23. What does the turtle do when an animal
comes that wants to hurt it?
• The turtle pulls inside its shell.

24. What doe they look like?
• They look like wide, oval, pads

25. Why are all of the animals in this selection
“amazing?”
• Each animal has special body parts that help it grow and
live.

26. What is the author’s purpose in writing
this selection?
• To give facts about animals, to show that animals and
nature are interesting.