Flying with Hands

10/10/2020 4:43:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • There are over 1,400 species of bats worldwide.
  • Bats can live more than 30 years.

Let's explore more about this animal!

FACT: How fast a bat flies depends on the species, but they can reach speeds over 100 miles per hour.

Bats flying in cave. Image: doi.gov

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

  • How many layers of skin does a bat's wing have?
  • Which is NOT food for bats?

How many layers of skin does a bat's wing have?

  • one
  • two
  • three

Which is NOT food for bats?

  • fruit
  • fish
  • lizards

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

Flying with Hands

There is only one mammal that can fly. How does the mammal fly? It flies with its hands! The mammal is a bat. The bones in a bat’s wings are like the bones in your arm and hand. The big difference is that the finger bones of a bat are much longer.

A bat’s wing is made of two of skin. The skin is thin, but it is very strong. The skin out between the bat’s long fingers.

Some bats eat fruit while other bats eat fish or insects. Some very small bats, called vampire bats, drink blood. Vampire bats land by a sleeping animal. Then they hop over to the animal. Using their teeth, they make a small in the animal’s skin. Next, they some blood. Most times, the sleeping animal never wakes up!

Read and answer the following questions.

A bat is flying. Image: reddit.com

There is only one mammal that can fly. How does the mammal fly? It flies with its hands! The mammal is a bat. The bones in a bat’s wings are like the bones in your arm and hand. The big difference is that the finger bones of a bat are much longer.

A bat’s wing is made of two layers of skin. The skin is thin, but it is very strong. The skin stretches out between the bat’s long fingers.

Some bats eat fruit while other bats eat fish or insects. Some very small bats, called vampire bats, drink blood. Vampire bats land by a sleeping animal. Then they hop over to the animal. Using their sharp teeth, they make a small cut in the animal’s skin. Next, they lap up some blood. Most times, the sleeping animal never wakes up!

Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 2

How many kinds of mammals can fly?
  • one
  • five
  • ten
  • fifteen
Vampire bats drink _____
  • soda.
  • blood.
  • fruit juice.
  • water.
Another title for this story might be _____
  • “How Bats Fly.”
  • "All About Bats.”
  • “A Drink of Blood.”

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

  1. A bat’s wing is made of two of skin.
  2. The skin out between the bat’s long fingers.
  3. Using their teeth, they make a small in the animal’s skin.
  4. Next, they some blood.



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

  1. He has a small on his finger.
  2. The cat the bowl of milk.
  3.  A thin of dust covered everything.
  4. The knife is so don't let the children touch it. 
  5. Someone a piece of wire across the road.