Animals In the Air Robert Quinn Read and discover aU about animals in the air • What is the fastest bird in the world? • What are flying foxes? Read and discover more about the world! This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work Series Editor: Hazel Geatches ? Audio CD Pack available Word count for this reader: 1,368 v r;t?\ Level W 600 headwords t;'J!\ Level 'c:iY 750 headwords t!!!' '\::iY @ 'e Wings and Feathers Answer the questions What flight feathers do? Read pages 6- Write the words air spaces bone wingspan tail fenth€'i wing What wingspan can a hummingbird have? y feather What wingspan can an Andean condor have? What wingspan did the Giant Teratorn have? When did the Giant Teratorn Live? '@ Find and write the words Circle the correct words Birds have very thin, Light / heavy bones The Andean condor is a smaLL / big bird The Giant Teratorn was / wasn 't a flying bird ~ a h t a e w w n a r I b t t k n z h b g I c e s c i h r a n l - e- f-d ~ ~ n j l- i d r Iy Ig e ' - -' - i l l x t s k r n d j v a dip c w g I b n g n s e p s a g h t n - b d ' y feathers b \ b d t w w Amazing Fliers Find and write the words Read pages 8-9 Match bar-tailed godwit peregrine falcon 3~ 4t~ swallow watc.h _ _ Answer the questions swift Which bird is it? Use words from activity 1 How many kilometers can bar-tailed godwits fly? How fast can peregrine falcons fly when they dive? It flies from New Zealand to Alaska It's the bar-tai\ed godwit Which birds hunt insects in the air? It can sleep when it's flying Which birds spend most of their time flying? It dives and turns to hunt insects • It's the fastest bird in the world ~ ~~ - Order the words Then write true or false Flying High mountains / geese / fly / Bar-headed / can't / over Read pages 10-11 ~r - headed Write the sentences in order seese l.an't t\1 over mountains fa\se higher / Some / than / planes / vultures / fly The birds soar high in the air Warm air currents go up can / currents / Eagles / soar / air / on / warm The land makes the air warm wings / don't / very / Condors / have / wide Birds go up on the air currents mountains / are / The / high / Himalayas / very The sun ma\::es the \and warm Answer the questions Which bird can fly at 11,000 meters high? When is it easier for birds to soar? Circle the odd one out high warm geese currents t ~.~ ($ un) vultures fly long eagles soar What an eagle's wings look Like? mountains move ~ Which birds can fly over the Himalayas? ~ ~ Insects That Fly + Read pages 12-13 Write the words CircLe the correct numbers bee butterfly dragonfly mosquito fly moth The biggest flying insects lived about 300 / 350 million years ago Green darner dragonflies can fly at more than 15 / 50 kilometers per hour The first flying insects lived about 250 / 350 million years ago Atlas moths have a wingspan that can be 30 / 50 centi meters _ _ _ _ _ _ Meganeura dragonflies had a wingspan that was about 50 / 70 centimeters Order the Letters and write the words Write the secret word sebe 1~ nSiwg 2~ I hoXtra 3~ wings sSecnit 4~ I wings qoumOits 5~ metikLoer 6~ Write two or four Dragonflies have four Mosquitoes have Bees have Butterflies have Flies have wings b l e e s - I r wings wings The secret word is: a I I I raJ Flying Together Find and write the words ~ {OUPoijoi Read pages 14-15 /Jar' k ilrh ar lJngryahmfa rmetO\\'\ Complete the diagram duck eagle falcon locust moth starling ~t ~ ,n\at' t",e, '" \L \\0(," ~ {J-ec Answer the questions When ducks fly together in flocks? What big flocks of starlings look Like? Complete the sentences famers fly hunting insect swarms When bees fly in swarms? Some birds _ _ in groups called flocks Eagles and falcons are _ _ _ _ birds Locusts are a type of flying _ _ Swarming locusts are a big problem for _ _ Bees sometimes fly together in _ _ What hungry locusts eat? Jumping Minibeasts catch insects Read pages 16-17 back legs ;:nlg~ rI~i Find and write the words x s p : l mat ~ ~ Z l n f t lw [ xI l d e g t : ': q s ~ ~ :j GJl e I : i e ]~w S I S PI ~ f s \ s m lJ g c d -k r d 1t e J r ass h p I e rJ s p e h b Complete the sentences body length into the air on insects other animals Grasshoppers have strong - Fleas live in the hair of - - - - Many spiders make silk webs to - - - - - Jumping spiders wait to jump _ _ _ _ Springtails push themselves - - Fleas can jump 100 times their - - - - - - - - Answer the questions How far can a grasshopper jump? What animals jumping spiders jump on? Write true or false Grasshoppers live on dogs and cats How fleas move from one animal to another? Fleas aren't very good jumpers Jumping spiders usually make webs Springtails have a taillike a spring Jumping spiders can jump 80 meters What springtails use to push themselves into the air? Bats in the Air Read pages 18-19 Write the words leg insect echo membrane sound wing Match Then write the sentences Bats Bats Bats Bats Bats usually make sounds that use echolocation have wings are the only mammals that can fly with long, thin bones rest in the day to find their way at night bounce off things Answer the questions What are fruit bats also called? What bats use to find their way at night? Write true or false Bats are a type of mammal Flying foxes are not bats Bats usually fly at night All bats eat fru it Bats use echoes to find things What bats have between their bones? What flyi ng foxes eat? Answer the questions Jumping Mammals How high can red kangaroos jump? + Read pages 20-21 What are gibbons good at doing? Write the words kangaroo gibbon springbok gazelle flying squirrel How fast can gibbons travel between trees? What flying squirrels have between their body and their legs? J Find and write the words CompLete the sentences Red kangaroos can sstraig htmemembra ne efastnfa rodybody over high fences (mjpu) Springbok gazelles can in one jump (lvrtae) Gibbons can trees (iwsgn) kiteammammala lh igh enfencerbranch 15 meters Like kites (egild) (nOkrP) 10 meters between FLying squirrels can _ _ _ _ Springbok gazelles can also Frogs, Snakes, and Fish CompLete the puzzLe 2t + Read pages 22-23 CompLete the sentences air can fish hundreds snakes toes glide membranes meters leaf wide wings Gliding _ frogs have membranes 7~ 8~ between their fingers and _ _ _ _ They use these - - - to - - 9~ in the air - 10~ Paradise tree _ can glide about 100 _ _ _ _ through the _ _ They make their body _ _ _ _ and flat Flying _ _ _ _ have big fins that look Like _ _ They air for glide in the of meters It sleeps in the air It makes big nests It's a bird that soars It's a very fast insect It's a type of bat 10 It flies in big flocks It's a jumping minibeast It's a very smaLL bird It hunts insects in the evening It's a mammal that swings between trees Answer the questions What's your favorite flying animal? CircLe the odd one out wide meters jump toes membranes frogs snakes glide fins flat fly reptiles big What's your favorite jump ing animal? fish body wings What's your favorite gliding ( nim l? Think of some animaLs that you can see in the air where you live Write the names on the diagram Anima\s that 9\ide.: Choose an animaL that traveLs in the air Write notes \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Is it a bird, an insect, or another type of animal? Does it fly, jump, or glide in the air? Anima\f> that tlf Anima\f> that jump: What does its body look like? What is special about the animal? Find or draw pictures of the animaLs Make a poster and LabeL the animaLs DispLay your poster Write sentences about the animal and add pictures Display your report Picture Dictionary amphibians dry body length bone branch dark miLLion mountains nectar nest net farmer feather fence fin plants pole poLLen push reptiles ,~ ~J&~ )(fl Ai'''''' -Z-; ' , §~ ; ;; :'j.i;;,: ~ ~ ;~ :- ~.t ~ ~ -a $- -: , < y t- ~ ~ " ,-, oJ Jt, flat food fruits hair honey rest silk hunt insects land mammals mice thorax warm skin spring W IIHI tail Will P n Series Editor: Hazel Geatches • CLiL Advi ser: John Clegg Oxford Read and Discover graded readers are at four levels, from to 6, suitable for students from age and older They cover many topics within three subject areas, and can support English across the curriculum, or Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLlL) Available for each reader: • Audio CD Pack (book & audio CD) • Activity Book For Teacher's Notes & CLiL Guidance go to www.oup.com/ elt/ teacher / readanddiscover ~ Area Level The World of Science & Technology The Natural World @) How We Make Products Amazing M inibeasts Sound and Music Animals in the Air 600 Super Structures Life in Rainforests headwords Your Five Senses Wonderful Water @ 750 hea dword s The World of Arts & Social Studies Festivals Around the World Free Time Around the World • All About Plants • All About Desert Life • An imals in Art • How to Stay Healthy • All About Ocean Life • Wonders of the Past • Machines Then and Now • Animals at Night • Why We Recycle • Incredible Earth ~ Materials to Products All About Islands Medicine Then and Now Animal Life Cycles Homes Around the World 900 Transportation Then and Now Exploring Our World Our World in Art headwords Great Migrations Wild Weather (® • Cells and Microbes • All About Space • Clothes Then and Now • Caring for Our Planet 1,050 • Incredible Energy • Earth Then and Now • Your Amazing Body • Wonderful Ecosystems \.headwords • Helping Around the World • Food Around the World For younger students, Dolphin Readers Levels Starter, 1, and are available ./ ...&mHri:u01J0 In the Air Robert Quinn Introduction Animals That Fly Wings and Feathers Amazing Fliers Flying High 10 Insects That Fly 12 Flying Together 14 Jumping Minibeasts 16 Bats in the Air 18 Jumping... spiders make silk webs to - - - - - Jumping spiders wait to jump _ _ _ _ Springtails push themselves - - Fleas can jump 100 times their - - - - - - - - Answer the questions How far can... sunny The sun makes the land warm Then the lan d makes the air warm, and warm air currents go up Birds go up on the air currents, and they soar in circles, high in the air Go to pages 3 0- 31 for