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The Toucan's Big Bill

Grade 1 reading practice: read a short article about toucans and their big bills, then find key details and words in the text.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.1.10

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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students read a grade-level informational article about toucans with support.
  • Students find key details and words in an informational text to answer questions.

How to use

Read the article aloud first. Then have students reread it with a partner and answer the questions, pointing to the sentence that helped them.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.1.10

With prompting and support, read informational texts that are at the right level of complexity for grade 1.

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The Toucan's Big Bill

Read an article about a bird with a giant bill.

Read the article

Read the article with a grown-up or a partner. Then read it again on your own.

The Toucan's Big Bill

1A toucan is a bird with a very big bill. Many toucans have bills with bright colors. Most toucans live in warm rainforests, high up in the trees.

2The bill looks heavy, but it is light. Inside, it is full of tiny air spaces. So the big bill is easy for a toucan to carry.

3Toucans eat mostly fruit. A toucan uses its long bill to reach fruit at the end of thin branches. Then it tips its head back and gulps the fruit down.

4At night, a toucan sleeps in a hole in a tree. It turns its head and rests its bill on its back.

Find facts in the article

Look back at the article to answer each question.

1.
What is this article mostly about?
  • A. a tree that grows sweet fruit
  • B. a bird that swims in the sea
  • C. a nest made of mud and sticks
  • D. a bird with a very big bill
2.
Read paragraph 2. Underline the sentence that tells what is inside a toucan's bill.

The bill looks heavy, but it is light.Inside, it is full of tiny air spaces.So the big bill is easy for a toucan to carry.

3.
Read paragraph 3. What do toucans eat most? Write the word.

Toucans eat mostly  .

4.
Read paragraph 3. Underline the sentence that tells what a toucan does after it reaches the fruit.

Toucans eat mostly fruit.A toucan uses its long bill to reach fruit at the end of thin branches.Then it tips its head back and gulps the fruit down.

5.
Read paragraph 4. Where does a toucan sleep at night?
  • A. on a rock by a river
  • B. in a nest on the ground
  • C. in a hole in a tree
  • D. in a cave under a hill

Words and sentences from the article

Use the words in the article to answer each question.

6.
These words are in the article. Circle the three words that name parts of a toucan's body.

billfruitrainforestsheadbackcolors

7.
Read paragraphs 2 and 3. Use the words in the box to finish the sentences.
Word bank: branches · eggs · light · rocks

The bill looks heavy, but it is  .
A toucan uses its long bill to reach fruit at the end of thin  .

8.
Match each sentence start to its ending from the article.
  1. Most toucans make their homes in
  2. Many toucan bills have
  3. The big bill is easy for
  4. At night, a toucan rests its bill on
  1. A. its back.
  2. B. warm rainforests.
  3. C. bright colors.
  4. D. a toucan to carry.
9.
How does a long bill help a toucan get food? Use a detail from the article.

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