Penguins

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I have used this with my students that need to practice basic reading comp.

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Penguins

Penguins are birds that can not fly. Their wings are flippers which they use to help them travel up to thirty miles per hour in water. They also use their flippers for balancing as they walk.

Penguins eat fish. They spend most of their time in the water. Penguins lay their eggs and raise their young on land.

There are many different kinds of penguins.

different are of kinds there many penguins

1. Put the words in the correct order.

Emperor penguins are the largest species of penguin and can grow to be about four feet tall, and weigh about one hundred pounds.

Some other well known penguins are the King Penguin, the Macaroni Penguin and the Adelie Penguin.

some other well known penguins are the king penguin the macaroni penguin and the adelie penguin.

2. Fix the punctuation and capitalization

Macaroni Penguin

Adelie Penguin

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3. A Penguin is a ________.bird, reptile or a fish

PENGUINS ARE BIRDS THAT CAN NOT FLY.

Bird

THEIR WINGS ARE FLIPPERS WHICH

THEY USE TO HELP THEM TRAVEL UP TO THIRTY MILES PER HOUR IN WATER.

4. A penguin can swim up to ________ miles per hour.Twenty, thirty or fiftythirty

PENGUINS EAT FISH.

5. Penguins like to eat ___________.

Pizza, eggs or fishFish

THEY SPEND MOST OF

THEIR TIME IN THE WATER.

6. Penguins spend most of their time in the __________.

Desert, zoo, waterWater

EMPEROR PENGUINS ARE THE LARGEST SPECIES OF PENGUIN.

7. The ________ penguin is the largest penguin.

Emperor, Macaroni or King

Emperor

PENGUINS ARE BIRDS THAT CAN NOT FLY.

8. A penguin is a bird that can’t __________.Walk, swim or fly

fly