Let’s go through each question one by one, using the information from the reading passage.
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Question 1: What color do many woodpeckers have on their heads?
The passage says: “There are different kinds of woodpeckers, and almost all of them have red on their heads.”
So, the answer is
red.
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Question 2: Which is longer, a woodpecker’s beak or its tongue?
The passage says: “A woodpecker’s tongue is almost twice the length of its beak.”
That means the
tongue is longer than the beak.
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Question 3: How does a woodpecker get food?
The first sentence says: “Woodpeckers are birds that find food by pecking holes into trees and pulling out insects to eat.”
Also later it says: “Most woodpeckers also have barbs on their tongue or very sticky saliva. Both of these help woodpeckers to grab insects out of tree bark.”
So, they get food by
pecking holes in trees and using their tongues (with barbs or sticky saliva) to pull out insects.
We can simplify this for the answer.
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Question 4: What is inside a woodpecker’s nostrils? Why?
The last sentence says: “Woodpeckers actually have tiny feathers inside of their nostrils to keep them from breathing in splinters and dust.”
So,
tiny feathers are inside their nostrils — to
keep out splinters and dust while they’re pecking wood.
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Final Answer:
1. Red
2. Its tongue
3. By pecking holes in trees and using its tongue to pull out insects
4. Tiny feathers — to keep splinters and dust out of their nose
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of sample third grade comprehension worksheet.
