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Bird Reading Passages
Explore this topic through Bird Reading Passages.
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Celebrate National Bird Day with readings about birds and habitats. Explore Golden Gate Bridge engineering and George Washington Carver’s agricultural work as separate reading topics.
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National Bird Day is observed on January 5. Explore the selected readings about bird habitats, flightless birds, penguins, and bird conservation, and compare how different species depend on their environments.
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Explore this topic through Bird Reading Passages.
Open collectionExplore this topic through How a Robin Builds a Nest.
Read passageExplore this topic through Resting on the River.
Read passageIdentify the author’s claim and consider the evidence used to support it.
Read passageCompare this bird’s habitat, behavior, or conservation with the other bird readings.
Read passageCompare this bird’s habitat, behavior, or conservation with the other bird readings.
Read passageCompare this bird’s habitat, behavior, or conservation with the other bird readings.
Read passageCompare this bird’s habitat, behavior, or conservation with the other bird readings.
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Explore the Golden Gate Bridge and compare beam, arch, and suspension designs to see how engineers solve different structural problems.
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Use Structures and Stability Reading Passages as related background or for comparison.
Open collectionUse Engineering a Fair Test: Comparing Paper Bridge Folds as related background or for comparison.
Read passageFind the main idea.
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Explore George Washington Carver’s agricultural research and soil conservation through two biographies about his life and work.
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Explain how key events shaped their work.
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Compare wetlands and bird life in Cheyenne Bottoms: A Big Home for Birds and Birds: Nature's Tiny Wonders. Ask readers to find a detail about a bird’s habitat and explain what it helps them understand.
The Golden Gate Bridge: A Marvel of Engineering and Bridges at Work: Beams, Arches, and Suspension introduce the bridge project and bridge designs. Students can sketch a bridge and label the forces or structures described.
George Washington Carver: The Scientist Who Saved the Soil and George Washington Carver and the Health of the Soil explore Carver’s life and agricultural work. Compare how each reading explains his contribution.
