1. Oral Fluency *Read the words as fast as you can
*Chunk words together to read faster
*Remember what you are reading
Bats are not birds

2. What has wings
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3. and can fly?
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4. If you said a bird,
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5. you are correct,
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6. but another correct
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7. answer is a bat.
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8. Bats and birds
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9. are both animals that
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10. have wings and can fly.
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11. While they have some
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12. things in common,
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13. they are also different
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14. in many ways.
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15. Birds have feathers and
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16. lay eggs in a nest.
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17. The baby birds hatch
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18. from the eggs.
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19. Bats do not have feathers and do not lay eggs.
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20. They are mammals.
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21. Like other mammals, bats have fur on their bodies.
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22. The baby bats drink milk from their mothers.
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23. They do not live in a nest, but in caves and trees.
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24. If you were to look at the bones of a bat and a bird, you would notice differences.
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25. A bat’s bones look like bones in your own arm and hand.
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26. The bones look like long fingers
The bones look like long fingers. Instead of feathers, a thin skin covers the bones.
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27. A bird’s bones are shorter. They are covered and supported by feathers.
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28. You can see another difference between bats and birds when you look at their mouths.
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29. Most bats have teeth to chew insects of fruit
Most bats have teeth to chew insects of fruit. Birds have bills There bills have different shapes depending on what they eat.
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30. A final difference is when you see the animal flying
A final difference is when you see the animal flying. Do you see something flying at night?
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31. It may be a bat. They fly at night using echoes instead of sight
It may be a bat. They fly at night using echoes instead of sight. Birds usually fly during the day
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32. Some have a very keen sense of sight
Some have a very keen sense of sight. The next time you see something flying, ask yourself, “Is this a bat or a bird?” Remember, they are not the same.
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