Language and Content

Think About “Animal Ecosystems”

Check Your Understanding

1.–2. Work with a partner to complete each item.

  • 1. Make a detail web like the one below. Use details from “Animal Ecosystems” to complete the web.

    illustration of the main circle of a detail web graphic organizer
  • 2. Sum It Up Use your chart to tell about the parts of an ecosystem.

Review Vocabulary

3.–7. Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

All living things get what they need to _____ from their _____. A _____ is an ecosystem with water, rocks, and _____. A _____ ecosystem has trees, grass, and plants.

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8. Write about the plants and animals that you see near your home. How do they survive?