Tree Squirrels

Tree Squirrels -Page 1 Please read both Tree Squirrel pages.Answer the questions that follow. Tree Squirrels - Page 2 Continue reading the second page. 1. Write two details that identify a rodent. Type your response in a complete sentence using the question stem. 2. Which of these sentences are probably true about the author? The author thinks squirrels are the best kind of animal. The author prefers other types of animals to squirrels. The author is interested in animals in nature. 3. Which sentence best summarizes paragraph 2 of the passage? A squirrel's eyes, tail, and color help them avoid predators. A squirrel's tail helps it communicate with other squirrels. Squirrels come in many different colors. 4. Read this sentence from the passage: Have you ever seen a squirrel burying food in the fall?Whichbestdescribes why the author uses this sentence? To explain why squirrels bury food in the fall. To interest the reader in what they will read next. To excite the reader about burying food in the fall. Fill in a number in the blank below. 5. In paragraph 6 of the text you would find information about the size of a newborn squirrel? 6. Read the sentence: Squirrels talk to each other by flicking their tail around.Which word is a synonymfor flicking? tapping waving cleaning 7. Why does the author use headings throughout the passage? Type your response in a complete sentence using the question stem. 8. What information does the newborn squirrel picture give the reader? To show the size of a newborn squirrel. To show where a newborn squirrel sleeps. To help the reader understand how squirrels are born. 9. What is the meaning of the word dreyas it is used in paragraph 4 of the passage? pile home material tree