Fiction and Nonfiction- Animals

The genre of The Bird and the Zebra is realistic fiction. How do you know?

• The story has illustrations

• There is a conflict that could happen in real life.

• The characters have magical powers

• The text has facts about a topic

The text states:

"Oxpeckers help zebras in another way too. They let zebras know if they see a predator like a lion."

What does predator mean in this quote?

• A place for an animal to live

• An animal that hunts prey

• A bird

What is the conflict in the story?

• She is upset that recess is over

• She is nervous to work on a science project

• She is annoyed that Cody is her partner

What is the theme or big message of the story?

• Never work with people that are different than you.

• Do not wear a costume when you do a class presentation.

• People can be different but still help each other.

“I’m going to pick random partners,” Mr. Chen says. He pulls out the craft sticks with our names on them.

Random is used to describe the partners so the reader will know the partners are:

• picked by chance

• chose each other

• don't get along

Which heading helps you find information about how a mama bear takes care of her cubs?

• Black bears live in forests

• People have built roads near bear habitats

• Mama bears usually have two or three cubs

What is the most likely reason the author wrote the article, Bear Cub Rescue?

• To entertain the reader with a story about bears

• To convince the reader to stay away from bears

• To explain how two bear cubs were rescued.

• To inform us how to trap and care for bears

What text feature was not used in Bear Cub Rescue?

• photographs

• table of contents

• bold words

• captions

Chief Bailey got an urgent call at the station about the bears.

Which sentence helps show what urgent means?

• “He needed to respond right away!”

• “That was strange.”

• “Chief Bailey called bear experts.”

Choose the best caption.

• The baby bear sat in the road.

• Taking care of baby bears in the care center.

• Officer Bailey helps the weak bear cub.