Critical Thinking

• 1. SUM IT UP Decide what kind of adaptation each animal from the selection makes. Does it look different or does it act different? List the animal in the correct category on a Classification Chart. Then write a sentence about what you learned.

  Classification Chart

  Looks Different	Acts Different

  What I Learned: _________

• 2. Describe Tell how prey protect themselves from predators.

• 3. Interpret The headings give clues about how animals survive. Choose two headings. Tell how each heading describes that animal’s survival skills.

• 4. Explain What kinds of threats do animals in the selection face? What other animals do you know that face these threats?

Reading Fluency

Phrasing Read the passage on page 637 to a partner. Assess your fluency.

• 1. I read

  • a. great

  • b. OK

  • c. not very well

• 2. What I did best in my reading was _______.

Reading Strategy

Vocabulary Review

Oral Review Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

Every animal wants to ________, or stay alive. Some animals hunt other animals. They are ________. The animals they hunt are called ________. Animals use different to stay safe. Sea dragons are protected by their ________. Armadillos roll into a ball if there is a ________. Animals also use adaptations to catch prey. Crocodiles use ________ to look like a log. This gives them an ________ over their prey.

Written Review Make picture cards for the animals from the selection. Write captions on the backs of the cards describing the animal and how it survives. Use four vocabulary words.

Write About the Guiding Question

Explore What It Takes To Survive a Rival Which adaptation from the selection do you think is the most amazing? Reread the selection to find examples that support your opinion.