Bats Love the Night

What does the word twitches mean in the sentence below?

His nose twitches when he smells the apple pie in the oven.

• gets itchy

• starts hurting

• becomes stuffy

• moves suddenly

What does the word slithers mean in the sentence below?

The snake slithers away.

• bounces

• slides

• turns

• walks

What does the word swoop mean in the sentence below?

The birds swoop and land on a branch.

• look quickly

• turn around

• find food

• fly down

What does the word dozes mean in the sentence below?

The baby dozes, but starts to cry when she hears a noise.

• gets dirty

• rolls over

• sleeps lightly

• looks around

What does the word snuggle mean in the sentence below?

The mice snuggle in their nest.

• lie closely against each other

• keep each other safe

• make loud noises

• fall down

What does the word audible mean in the sentence below?

The man's voice was audible through the speakers.

• heard after

• heard again

• can be heard

• someone who hears

What does the word understandable mean in the sentence below?

Billy thought the directions were understandable so he got started

right away.

• not understood

• can be understood

• to be understood again

• a person who understands

What does the word excitable mean in the sentence below?

The small child was very excitable.

• easily excited

• excited before

• a person who is excited

• to be excited many times

1. What does Bat do at the START of the story?

• wakes up

• finds a cave

• catches food

• feeds her babies

What does Bat do BEFORE she starts to fly?

• shouts loudly

• looks for food

• finds her babies

• unhooks her toes