The Toucan's Big Bill

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

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.

What is this article mostly about?

A. a tree that grows sweet fruitB. a bird that swims in the seaC. a nest made of mud and sticksD. a bird with a very big bill

Read paragraph 2. Underline the sentence that tells what is inside a toucan's bill.

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

Toucans eat mostly .

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

Read paragraph 4. Where does a toucan sleep at night?

A. on a rock by a riverB. in a nest on the groundC. in a hole in a treeD. in a cave under a hill

Words and sentences from the article

Use the words in the article to answer each question.

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

Read paragraphs 2 and 3. Use the words in the box to finish the sentences.

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

Match each sentence start to its ending from the article.

How does a long bill help a toucan get food? Use a detail from the article.