Floating Islands

10/10/2020 3:58:00 PM

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Do you know?

  • Floating islands are a common natural phenomenon that is found in many parts of the world.
  • There are over 60 little villages on floating islands throughout Lake Titicaca that the Uros people have constructed naturally.

Let's learn more about these islands in the following passage!

FACT: The islands are fixed to the bed of the lake to stop them from moving.


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Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  • Where is the lake referred to in the passage?
  • How is the ground on the islands?

Where is the lake referred to in the passage?

  • Nepal
  • Cuba
  • Peru

How is the ground on the islands?

  • Safe and sparkling
  • Soft and spongy
  • Small and spongy

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Floating Islands

There is a place where people live on islands. The ground on the islands is and . Sometimes the people take a step. Their feet go through the island and into water! This is because the islands float! They are floating in the middle of a lake. How can this be?

The lake is in Peru. The islands are made by the Uros people. The Uros people cut reeds that grow in the lake. They the reeds together to make islands. They live on the islands. They make their houses on the islands out of reeds, too. They also use the reeds to make boats.

Over time, the reeds begin to . A person might step in a rotten . What do the Uros do? They just add another of reeds to their island!

Read and answer the following questions.

Floating Islands

Uros floating islands. Image: theculturetrip.com

There is a place where people live on islands. The ground on the islands is soft and spongy. Sometimes the people take a step. Their feet go through the island and into water! This is because the islands float! They are floating in the middle of a lake. How can this be?

The lake is in Peru. The islands are made by the Uros people. The Uros people cut reeds that grow in the lake. They tie the reeds together to make islands. They live on the islands. They make their houses on the islands out of reeds, too. They also use the reeds to make boats.

Over time, the reeds begin to rot. A person might step in a rotten patch. What do the Uros do? They just add another layer of reeds to their island!

Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 2

In the story, you are not told that the Uros people use reeds for _____

  • boats.
  • houses.
  • clothes.
  • islands.
Most likely, what do the Uros people eat a lot of?
  • Corn
  • Fish
  • Beans
  • Apples

When the reeds begin to rot, what do the Uros do?

  • They add one more layer of reeds to their island.
  • They just move away.
  • They make another house on the islands.
  • They cut those reeds out of the island.

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

1. A person might step in a rotten .

2. The ground on the islands is and .

3. They the reeds together to make islands.

4. Over time, the reeds begin to .

5. They just add another of reeds to their island!

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

1. I back my hair when I'm cooking.

2. Everything was covered with a of dust.

3. I like chocolates with centers.

4. The ground was after the rain.

5. The apple had been left to on the trees.

6. Our dog has a black on his back.