Koalas

10/10/2020 5:46:00 PM
Image: twitter.com/savethekoala

Do you know?

  • Koalas are one of the most iconic wild animals of Australia.
  • Just like humans, each koala is individual.
  • They also have unique patterns on their noses, which helps wildlife biologists to identify and track them.

Let's explore more about this animal!

FACT: Koalas are picky eaters. Although there are around 700 species of eucalyptus trees, koalas tend to only eat from 50 of those.

Image: twitter.com/savethekoala

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

  • What can a baby koala do when it is born?
  • Where do koalas live?

When it is born, a baby koala can _____.

  • see
  • hear
  • crawl

Where do koalas live?

  • The USA
  • Australia
  • China

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

Koalas

Pick up a nickel. You are holding something that is bigger than a baby koala! Koalas are very little when they are born. They are . They can’t hear.

The back legs of the koala are just beginning to , but its front legs are stronger. This is because, within five minutes of being born, the baby koala crawls into its mother’s pouch. It stays in its mother’s pouch for the next six months. It drinks milk when it is in the pouch.

Koalas live in Australia. They have two on each hand. This helps them climb trees. They can branches and tight.

Read and answer the following questions.

Koalas

A baby koala
A baby koala is very little. Image: puzzlefactory.pl

Pick up a nickel. You are holding something that is bigger than a baby koala! Koalas are very little when they are born. They are blind. They can’t hear.

The back legs of the koala are just beginning to take shape, but its front legs are stronger. This is because, within five minutes of being born, the baby koala crawls into its mother’s pouch. It stays in its mother’s pouch for the next six months. It drinks milk when it is in the pouch.

Koalas live in Australia. They have two thumbs on each hand. This helps them climb trees. They can grab branches and hang on tight.

Source: Daily Warm-ups Grade 2

A baby koala is in its mother’s pouch within how many minutes after being born?
  • five
  • ten
  • fifteen
  • twenty
A nickel is part of this story so you _____.
  • can see what a koala costs
  • will think about five cents
  • won’t know what the story is about
  • can picture how small a baby koala is
A strong wind comes. A koala does not fall out of the tree. One reason might be that it _____.
  • drinks milk
  • is born blind
  • has two thumbs on each hand
  • lives in Australia

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

  1. Koalas are very little when they are born. They are . They can’t hear.
  2. The back legs of the koala are just beginning to , but its front legs are stronger.
  3. They have two on each hand.
  4. They can branches and tight.

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

  1. A new song began to in her mind.
  2. He is . He cannot see you.
  3. He was driving so fast I had to tight whenever he turned.
  4. He smiled and raised a in greeting.
  5. He his child's arm to stop her from running into the road.