Puffins

What is the main idea of the book?

• It is difficult to view a puffin in the wild

• People are working to protect puffins

• Puffins are wonderful and special birds

• Puffins are swift in the water and in the air

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the first thing a puffin will do when it returns to a nesting site?

• search for food

• locate a partner

• lay an egg

• create a hole in the ground

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

To inhabit means _____

• to live in

• to move away from

• to take over

• to create something

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which of the following details expresses an opinion?

• Adult male and female puffins of each type look alike, though the males may be a bit larger

• These little clowns are sure to amaze and fascinate you

• Humans have hunted puffins for hundreds of years for their meat, eggs, and feathers

• Adult male puffins eat while they are underwater

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

How are horned puffins and Atlantic puffins similar?

• They both have white faces, chests, and bellies.

• They can both be located in the Atlantic Ocean

• They both have feathers that make them look like they are wearing makeup

• They both have yellow areas at the base of their feet

Which sentence from the book includes an opinion?

• If you've ever seen a puffin, you're not likely to forget the experience

• Puffins fly well and can walk with ease over rocks and other surfaces

• One of the largest Atlantic puffin colonies is in the Labrador Sea

• When puffins fly, they flap their wings as fast as 400 beats per minute

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is the effect of the Project Puffin?

• People are no longer permitted to hunt puffins

• Puffins were given their own national park

• There are more puffins in the wild

• People enjoy puffins more

Why do puffins "dress up"?

• to help them find a partner

• to help them lay eggs

• to help them locate more food

• to get ready for a costume party

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

• to entertain the reader with stories about puffins

• to persuade the reader to help save and protect puffins

• to inform the reader about various types of puffins

• to inform and entertain the reader about different species of puffins

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

A burrow is _____

• a nest made of cliff

• a hole dug into the ground

• a large group of puffins

• a young puffin

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1