Wordly Wise Grade 4 Lesson 3

Many animals cannot live in cold weather. Some move to where it is warmer, while others deal with winter by _____.

• hibernating

• burrows

• severe

• approach

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

Groundhogs can stay in the same area year round. Unlike many other animals, they don't need to _____ to a warmer place to get through the winter.

• nestle

• migrate

• preparations

• reduces

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CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

Moles and groundhogs are alike in some ways. Both animals live in _____ that they dig.

• ceased

• famished

• burrows

• destructive

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Groundhogs gather leaves and grass in the fall to make underground nests. They _____ inside their nests to keep warm over the winter.

• drowsy

• forecast

• observe

• nestle

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CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

In an _____ winter, a groundhog can freeze to death if it does not dig a deep enough nest.

• severe

• preparations

• reduces

• venture

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.4.4A

A groundhog first builds its nest and then closes off the tunnel leading to it. When it has finished these _____, it is ready to begin its long winter sleep.

• hibernating

• migrate

• preparations

• burrows

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CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

During the winter months, groundhogs do not eat. With the _____ of spring, they start getting hungry.

• reduces

• approach

• ceased

• venture

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CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

Groundhogs are not active in the winter months. Going into a deep sleep greatly _____ the amount of oxygen they need.

• preparations

• nestle

• migrate

• reduces

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CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

A groundhog in a deep sleep does not seem to be alive. If you checked its heart, you might think it had _____ beating altogether.

• forecast

• ceased

• drowsy

• observe

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CCSS.L.5.5C

You are unlikely to see groundhogs in January. They do not _____ from their nests in the middle of winter.

• destructive

• observe

• venture

• drowsy

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CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.6