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Helping Birds in Winter

Read a short article and a student's bird log, gather facts from both, and answer a question about helping birds in winter.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.2.8

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 9 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students gather facts from two provided sources to answer a question.
  • Students tell which source a fact comes from.
  • Students recall information from experience and write an answer in a sentence.

How to use

Read the article and the log aloud, then let students answer the questions. Ask partners to share their own animal memories before they write them down.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.2.8

Recall information from experience or gather it from provided sources to answer a question.

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Helping Birds in Winter

Gather facts from two sources to answer one question.

Read the two sources

Our class question is: How can people help birds in winter? Read both sources to find facts.

Article: Winter Bird Helpers

1Winter can be a hard time for birds. The days are short and the air is cold. Snow may cover seeds and bugs, so food is harder to find. Many birds fluff up their feathers to stay warm.

2People can help birds in winter. A feeder filled with sunflower seeds gives birds a meal, and many kinds of birds like these seeds. A feeder should be cleaned often so the birds stay healthy.

3Birds need water, too. In cold weather, the water in a dish can freeze. When people put out fresh water in a shallow dish, birds can get a drink.

Ravi's Bird Log

1Monday: I filled a feeder with sunflower seeds. I hung it on a branch near my window.

2Tuesday: Two small gray birds visited the feeder. They ate some seeds and flew away.

3Wednesday: The wind was strong. The feeder was empty by lunch, so I filled it up.

4Thursday: The water in the dish was frozen. I put out fresh water. A bright red bird took a long drink.

5Friday: I cleaned the feeder and let it dry. Then I filled it with more seeds.

Find the facts

Use the article and Ravi's log to answer each question.

1.
Use the article. Why can winter be a hard time for birds?
  • A. Birds cannot fly when the days are short.
  • B. Strong winds blow the bird feeders away.
  • C. Snow can cover the seeds and bugs birds eat.
  • D. Most bird nests are too small for the cold.
2.
Use paragraph 1 of the article. Write the word that tells what many birds fluff up to stay warm.

Many birds fluff up their   to stay warm.

3.
Read paragraph 4 of Ravi's log. Underline the sentence that tells what Ravi did about the frozen water.

The water in the dish was frozen.I put out fresh water.A bright red bird took a long drink.

4.
Which source tells each fact? Sort the facts.
The feeder was empty by lunch on Wednesday.Snow may cover seeds and bugs.Many birds fluff up their feathers to stay warm.A bright red bird took a long drink.A feeder should be cleaned often so the birds stay healthy.Two small gray birds visited the feeder on Tuesday.
Only in the articleOnly in Ravi's log
5.
Use Ravi's log. Match each day to what happened.
  1. Tuesday
  2. Thursday
  3. Monday
  1. A. Ravi put out fresh water.
  2. B. Two small gray birds visited the feeder.
  3. C. Ravi hung the feeder near his window.

Answer the class question

Now use what you learned to answer the class question: How can people help birds in winter?

6.
Which sentence best answers the class question, "How can people help birds in winter?"
  • A. People can wash the birds in warm soapy water.
  • B. People can fill a feeder and put out fresh water.
  • C. People can build tiny houses for every bird in town.
  • D. People can ask the birds to fly to a new place.
7.
Finish the answer with words from the word bank.
Word bank: fresh · loud · cleaning · frozen · sunflower

People can help birds by filling a feeder with   seeds, putting out   water, and   the feeder often.

8.
From your own experience: Think of an animal you have seen near your home or school. Write one thing you remember about it.
9.
From the sources: Write one sentence that answers the class question. Use a fact from the article or from Ravi's log.

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