Animals at Night
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Life at Night
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
When the sun goes down, it gets dark and the air gets a lot colder. For many people, it's time to go to sleep, but a lot of animals only come out at night. They are called nocturnal animals.
The opossum is a nocturnal animal. At night, it looks for plants and small animals to eat. In the day, it hides and goes to sleep.
The armadillo is a nocturnal animal, and it sleeps for more than 17 hours in the day!
Nocturnal animals aren't the only animals that come out at night. Some animals, like the tiger, come out in the day and at night. Other animals, like the rabbit, only come out in the morning when it's getting light, and in the evening when it's getting dark.
Some animals come out at night because there are not so many predators – animals that want to hunt and eat them. Some animals find more food because they eat other animals that come out at night. In very hot places, it's sometimes too hot to come out in the day.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Complete the chart.
Phân loại đặc điểm ban ngày và ban đêm.
At Night: dark.
1. Complete the chart.
2. Match. Then write complete sentences.
Ghép loài vật với thời gian hoạt động.
Armadillos come out at night.
2. Complete the chart.
3. Write a sentence about tigers.
4. Write a sentence about rabbits.
5. Write a sentence about opossums.
3. Write true or false.
Đánh dấu đúng hoặc sai.
The armadillo sleeps for less than 6 hours in the day. → false
6. The tiger only comes out at night.
7. The rabbit is a nocturnal animal.
8. Some animals are nocturnal because there are not so many predators at night.
4. Complete the sentences.
Chọn từ trong khung.
The opossum hides and goes to sleep in the day.
9. Complete the sentences.
2. The rabbit usually comes out in the morning and in the .
3. A is an animal that wants to hunt and eat another animal.
5. Circle the correct words.
Chọn lý do con vật hoạt động về đêm.
At night there are not so many predators.
10. At night there's … food.
11. In the day, sometimes it's too …
Special Senses
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
Many animals that come out at night have special senses. This means that they can see, hear, touch, smell, or taste very well. These special senses help them to find food and to stay safe in the dark.
Wild dogs, like foxes, usually hunt in the dark. They have a big nose, and an amazing sense of smell that helps them to find food. A fox can smell mice through up to 12 centimeters of snow! Foxes also have very big ears that they can move, so they can hear very well all around them.
Raccoons are nocturnal animals that have long fingers and a very good sense of touch. When they are hunting for food in water, they use their fingers to find fish and frogs.
Many nocturnal animals can see much better than people in the dark. They have very big eyes that let in lots of light.
A tarsier's eye is bigger than its brain! It can see very well in the dark.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Match. Then write complete sentences.
Ghép bộ phận cơ thể với giác quan. Hàng raccoons là mẫu.
Raccoons have long fingers and a good sense of touch.
1. Complete the animal senses chart.
| Mục | Body part | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| Raccoons | long fingers | touch |
| Foxes (hearing) | ||
| Tarsiers | ||
| Foxes (smell) |
2. Write a complete sentence about foxes (ears).
3. Write a complete sentence about tarsiers.
4. Write a complete sentence about foxes (noses).
2. Complete the puzzle.
Điền tên con vật theo gợi ý.
A nocturnal animal with very big eyes → tarsier.
5. Complete the crossword. Write letters without spaces.
- Hàng dọc: A nocturnal animal with an amazing sense of smell and very good hearing.
- Hàng ngang: A nocturnal animal that sometimes hunts for food in water.
- Hàng dọc: Foxes like to eat them.
- Hàng dọc: Animals that raccoons like to eat.
3. Circle the correct words.
Chọn từ đúng.
6. The five main senses are seeing, hearing, touch, smell and …
7. A fox can smell mice through up to … centimeters of snow.
8. … like to eat fish and frogs.
9. Many nocturnal animals have very … eyes.
10. Their big eyes let in lots of …
11. A tarsier's eye is bigger than its …
4. Order the words.
Sắp xếp từ để tạo câu đúng.
Many nocturnal animals have special senses.
12. Put the words in order.
- dark.
- usually
- the
- hunt
- Wild
- in
- dogs
13. Put the words in order.
- food.
- their
- fingers
- use
- to
- Raccoons
- find
14. Put the words in order.
- better
- people.
- see
- animals
- can
- Nocturnal
- than
15. Put the words in order.
- well
- in
- see
- Tarsiers
- can
- dark.
- the
Flying at Night
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
In the day, owls stay in trees or buildings, but at night they hunt for food. Owls can see very well in the dark, and they also have an amazing sense of hearing. They listen for little noises from their prey – rabbits, mice, and other small animals that they like to eat. Then they fly down and catch them in their sharp claws.
Many owls have soft feathers on their wings, so they can fly very quietly. Their prey don't know that they are coming!
Most types of bat are nocturnal. At night they look for fruit and flowers, or they hunt for insects, fish, and mice. Bats can see and smell very well, and many bats have a special sense called echolocation. This helps them to find food in the dark. Bats make special noises when they fly. The noises bounce off things and come back as echoes. These echoes tell bats where things are and how big they are.
In the day, bats hang upside down and stay in caves, trees, and buildings.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Complete the chart.
So sánh cú và dơi. Ô thức ăn của cú là mẫu. Các câu diễn đạt được giáo viên xem xét.
1. Compare owls and bats.
| Mục | Owls | Bats |
|---|---|---|
| Food | rabbits, mice and other small animals | |
| Where they stay in the day | ||
| Special senses | ||
| Another amazing fact |
Lời giải và bài mẫu
Owls stay in trees or buildings, see and hear well, and fly quietly because of soft feathers. Bats eat fruit, flowers, insects, fish or mice, stay in caves, trees or buildings, use echolocation and hang upside down.
2. Write owl or bat.
Chọn con vật đúng.
It is a mammal. → bat
2. Complete the sentences.
2. It can fly very quietly because it has soft feathers on its wings: .
3. It has a special sense called echolocation: .
4. It hangs upside down in the day: .
3. Write the words.
Viết từ theo hình.
1: sharp claws.
3. Write the words for the numbered pictures.
4. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
Owls listen for little noises from their prey.
4. How do owls catch their prey?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They fly down and catch their prey in their sharp claws.
5. Why can owls fly very quietly?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
Because they have soft feathers on their wings.
6. What do echoes tell bats?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They tell bats where things are and how big they are.
7. What special sense helps bats to find food?
Ocean Animals
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
Some fish live near the top of the ocean in the day and then they swim down to the deep ocean at night. Other fish swim up to the top of the ocean at night, and they look for plankton – very small animals that swim up to the top of the ocean every evening to find food.
Plankton are food for fish like the lantern fish. The lantern fish stays down in the deep ocean in the day, but when the sun goes down it swims to the top of the ocean. It feeds near the top of the ocean at night, and then swims back down before morning.
The lantern fish has lights on its body when it swims.
The whitetip reef shark also comes out at night. It stays in caves down in the deep ocean in the day, and doesn't move very much. Then at night, it comes out to hunt for fish and octopuses.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Match. Then write sentences.
Nối rồi viết câu hoàn chỉnh.
1. Match the sentence halves.
2. Write the sentence beginning with Plankton.
3. Write the sentence beginning with Lantern fish.
4. Write the sentence beginning with Whitetip reef sharks.
2. Correct the sentences.
Sửa câu theo bài đọc.
Plankton are very small animals.
5. They swim down to the deep ocean at night.
6. Lantern fish stay at the top of the ocean in the day.
7. In the day, the whitetip reef shark feeds in caves.
3. Complete the sentences.
Chọn từ trong khung.
8. Complete the sentences.
2. Plankton swim up to the top of the ocean every .
3. The lantern fish stays down in the deep ocean in the .
4. The lantern fish has on its body when it swims.
4. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
9. What do whitetip reef sharks eat?
10. What do lantern fish eat?
11. Where do lantern fish feed at night?
12. Why do many fish swim up to the top of the ocean at night?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They look for plankton to eat.
13. What does the whitetip reef shark do at night?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
It comes out to hunt for fish and octopuses.
Minibeasts
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
Many minibeasts, like moths and spiders, come out at night. Minibeasts come out at night because there are not so many predators that hunt and eat them. Slugs and snails look for food at night because the sun can dry them out in the day.
Moths are insects. They have a body that's good for living at night. They have special antennae on their head. These help them to look for food and to find their way in the dark. Moths also have patterns on their wings that help them to hide in trees in the day.
Tarantulas are spiders. They hunt for their prey at night. Special hairs on their body help them to feel when another animal is near. They hide, and then they jump on their prey, and put poison in its body.
Nocturnal fireflies make lights in their body that turn on and off at night. They use these lights to communicate.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Write the minibeasts. Then write the numbers.
Sắp xếp chữ cái; đối chiếu số từ với hình trên trang bài tập.
tomh → moth (1)
1. Put the letters in order.
2. Write the word numbers under the pictures, from left to right. The second picture is the example: moth = 1.
2. Complete the sentences.
Chọn từ trong khung.
3. Complete the sentences.
2. Moths have special that help them to find their way in the dark.
3. Moths have on their wings that help them to hide.
4. Tarantulas have special on their body.
5. Tarantulas put into the body of their prey to kill it.
6. Fireflies make in their body.
3. Write about moths and tarantulas.
Viết ba điều trong bài và một điều em biết thêm cho mỗi loài.
4. Compare moths and tarantulas.
| Mục | Moths | Tarantulas |
|---|---|---|
| Thing 1 I read | ||
| Thing 2 I read | ||
| Thing 3 I read | ||
| Another thing I know |
4. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
5. Why do many minibeasts come out at night?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
There are not so many predators at night.
6. What do moths' antennae do?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They help moths to look for food and find their way in the dark.
7. What helps moths to hide in trees in the day?
8. When do tarantulas hunt for their prey?
Desert Animals
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
In many deserts, it's very hot in the day, so many animals only come out at night. The fennec fox lives in the Sahara Desert in Africa. It stays in a burrow in the sand in the day, and at night it hunts for mice, lizards, and insects. It's the smallest fox in the world, but it has very big ears, so it can easily hear its prey in the dark.
Kangaroo rats live in deserts in North America. At night, they jump around and find seeds. They keep seeds in their mouth, and then they put them in their burrow.
Kangaroo rats don't need to drink! They get water from the seeds that they eat.
Desert scorpions stay out of the sun in the day. At night, they come out to feed on minibeasts. Scorpions can't see well, but they have special hairs on their legs so that they can feel when prey is near. They kill their prey with a sting from their tail.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Write the words.
Viết từ theo hình.
1. Write the words for the numbered pictures.
2. Write true or false.
Đánh dấu đúng hoặc sai.
2. In the desert, many animals only come out in the day because it's too cold at night.
3. The fennec fox lives in the Sahara Desert in Africa.
4. Kangaroo rats find seeds and they keep them in their mouth.
5. Scorpions feed on minibeasts.
6. Scorpions can see very well.
7. In the desert, scorpions stay out of the sun in the day.
3. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
8. Where does the fennec fox stay in the day?
9. What does the fennec fox hunt for at night?
10. What do kangaroo rats do with the seeds that they find?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They keep them in their mouth and then put them in their burrow.
11. How do scorpions kill their prey?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They kill their prey with a sting from their tail.
4. Complete the sentences. Then match.
Điền từ rồi chọn con vật phù hợp.
12. Complete the sentences.
2. It has special on its legs.
3. It's the fox in the world.
4. It has very big .
5. It gets from seeds.
6. It can't well.
13. Complete the chart.
African Animals
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
There are many nocturnal animals in Africa. Many big cats, like leopards, hunt for food at night. It's usually easier to catch prey when it's dark, and when it's cooler, too.
Big cats see very well, and they have a very good sense of hearing and smell, so they are good night hunters. Their eyes have a special part called the tapetum. The tapetum reflects light so that the cats can see in the dark. It can make their eyes glow.
Aardvarks can't see very well, but they have a big nose and big ears that they use to find ant nests at night. They dig up the nests and catch the ants on their sticky tongue.
An aardvark can eat 50,000 insects in one night!
Hippos come out at night to eat grass. In the day, they stay in water because their skin needs to be wet and cool.
Bushbabies hunt for food at night. They use their big eyes to look in trees for insects, flowers, seeds, and eggs.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Write the words.
Viết từ theo hình.
1. Write the words for the numbered pictures.
2. Find and write the words from pages 16-17.
Tìm thông tin trong bài đọc.
2. Two big things that aardvarks have.
3. Three very good senses that big cats have.
4. Four things that bushbabies eat.
3. Complete the sentences.
Chọn từ trong khung.
5. Complete the sentences.
2. An aardvark can eat 50,000 in one night.
3. Hippos come out at night to eat .
4. Bushbabies hunt for food in .
5. Aardvarks have a sticky .
6. Cats can see in the dark because their eyes have a special part called the .
4. Complete the puzzle.
Điền tên con vật theo gợi ý.
6. Complete the crossword. Write letters without spaces.
- Hàng ngang: An animal with big eyes that looks for food in trees.
- Hàng dọc: An animal that lives in water in the day and comes out at night.
- Hàng dọc: An animal with big ears and a big nose that hunts for insects at night.
- Hàng ngang: A big cat that hunts at night.
- Hàng dọc: An aardvark's favorite food.
Animals Asleep
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
At night, when many animals are looking for food, others are asleep, just like you! In the evening, baboons climb up cliffs or into the tops of trees, and they sleep for about ten hours every night. In these high places, they know that they are safe from predators.
Flamingoes sleep at night, standing on one leg! They have special ankles that keep their legs straight so that they don't fall down.
Walruses live in the Arctic. It's light all night in the summer there. Walruses sleep on land, on ice, or in water. They can sleep for up to 19 hours. Walruses have special pouches on their body. When they sleep in water, they put lots of air in the pouches, to keep their head above the water.
Walruses sometimes put their tusks over big pieces of ice so that they don't move away when they are asleep.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Match. Then write complete sentences.
Nối rồi viết cách con vật ngủ.
A baboon sleeps on cliffs or in the tops of trees.
1. Match the sentence halves.
2. Write a sentence about a flamingo.
3. Write a sentence about a walrus.
2. Circle the correct words.
Chọn từ đúng.
4. Baboons sleep for about … hours every night.
5. Flamingoes have special … that keep their legs straight.
6. Walruses can sleep for up to … hours.
7. Walruses put … in their pouches.
8. Walruses put their … over big pieces of ice.
3. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
9. Why do baboons sleep in high places?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
Because they are safe from predators there.
10. How do flamingoes sleep at night?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They sleep standing on one leg.
11. What do flamingoes have that keep their legs straight?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They have special ankles.
12. Where do walruses sleep?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They sleep on land, on ice or in water.
13. How do walruses keep their head above water when they sleep?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They put lots of air in special pouches on their body.
14. Why don't walruses move away when they sleep in water?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They put their tusks over big pieces of ice.
4. Draw an animal asleep and write about how it sleeps.
Viết mô tả và vẽ thêm trên giấy nếu muốn.
15. This animal is called … It sleeps …
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Noises at Night
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
It's hard to see at night, so animals often use noises to communicate. Owls call to each other, and lions roar if predators come near their babies. When deer are in danger, they try to communicate with other deer. They make noises in their nose, and they hit the ground with their feet.
Most birds do not sing at night, but the male nightingale sings a beautiful song when it's looking for a female. Some insects make a lot of noise at night, too. The grasshopper makes noises with its wings and legs.
The Tasmanian devil is a small animal that comes out to hunt for food in the dark. When it's scared or it thinks that another animal is going to take its food, it makes terrible noises.
When howler monkeys call to each other at night, you can hear them from about 5 kilometers away!
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Find and write the animals.
Tìm tên các con vật trong ô chữ.
1: owl. The last two names are Tasmanian devil and howler monkey.
1. Find the words in the grid.
2. Order the words.
Sắp xếp từ để tạo câu đúng.
2. Put the words in order.
- other
- Owls
- each
- call
- night.
- at
- to
3. Put the words in order.
- do
- Most
- at
- not
- night.
- sing
- birds
4. Put the words in order.
- a
- The
- sings
- male
- female.
- nightingale
- for
5. Put the words in order.
- noises.
- Tasmanian
- makes
- devil
- The
- terrible
3. Correct the sentences.
Sửa từ sai trong câu.
6. A deer hits the ground with its nose when it's in danger.
7. A grasshopper makes noises with its wings and mouth.
8. A Tasmanian devil is a big animal that hunts for food in the dark.
9. You can hear howler monkeys from about 10 kilometers away.
4. Match. Then write complete sentences.
Viết câu theo các phần được nối.
Deer make noises in their nose when they are in danger.
10. nightingales / sing / looking for a female
11. Tasmanian devils / make terrible noises / scared
Traveling at Night
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
Every year, many types of bird migrate – they move from one place to another to live. These birds usually only come out in the day, but when they migrate, they travel at night. This is because they are safer from predators, and they can fly for longer because it's cooler. Also, they feed in the day, and then they have lots of energy to fly at night when they are full of food.
Green turtles are not usually nocturnal, but they travel at night when they are ready to lay their eggs. They swim to a beach and come out of the ocean. They wait until night when it's cooler. Then they move up the beach and lay their eggs in the sand.
When the baby turtles come out of the eggs, they dig their way out of the sand and they go to the ocean. The baby turtles do this at night when it's cooler, and when there are not so many predators.
There's a lot happening at night! All around the world, millions of animals are moving around, hunting for food, and traveling from one place to another.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Write true or false.
Đánh dấu đúng hoặc sai.
1. Many birds that usually come out in the day migrate at night.
2. Migrating is when animals move from one place to another to live.
3. Green turtles usually lay their eggs in the day.
4. Baby turtles go to the ocean after they come out of the eggs.
2. Complete the sentences. Then write the numbers.
Điền từ rồi ghép câu với hình theo thứ tự.
The green turtle moves up the beach.
5. Complete the sentences.
2. The turtles dig their way out of the sand.
3. They go to the .
6. Put the stages in order.
- The green turtle moves up the beach.
- It lays its eggs in the sand.
- The baby turtles dig their way out of the sand.
- They go to the ocean.
3. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
7. Why do birds migrate at night?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They are safer from predators, it's cooler, and they have energy from feeding in the day.
8. Are green turtles nocturnal?
9. Where do green turtles lay their eggs?
10. Why do baby turtles move down to the ocean at night?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
Because it's cooler and there are not so many predators.
4. Find and write the animals in the chart.
Tìm tên con vật rồi phân loại theo bài đọc.
Desert Animals: scorpion.
11. Complete the chart.
Projects
Trang dự án
Project 1: Nocturnal Animals. Complete the fennec fox fact file, then choose another nocturnal animal. Record its name, appearance, habitat, daytime and nighttime activities, and an interesting fact. Make a poster. Project 2: A Walk at Night. Go for a short walk with an adult, or look outside your home at night. Note the place, time, animals seen, animal noises heard and what the animals were doing. Write sentences about your observations.
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