Meet the Kiwi: Grade 2 Reading Comprehension

The kiwi is a bird. It lives in forests and scrubland across New Zealand. Its home is full of trees.

The kiwi eats earthworms, insects and fallen fruit. It is nocturnal and hunts at night by poking its beak into the ground.

The kiwi has nostrils at the tip of its long beak. This lets it sniff out worms hidden in the soil. It is about 45 centimeters long.

Baby kiwis are called chicks. A kiwi egg is huge for the size of the bird, about a fifth of the mother's weight.

Questions

Details Where does the kiwi live?
the grasslands and prairies of North America the dry grasslands and deserts of southern Africa forests and scrubland across New Zealand oceans all around the world
Details Which of these does the kiwi eat?
grasshoppers fallen fruit pigs willow twigs
Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the kiwi use nostrils at the tip of its long beak?
It acts like armor. They let it grab and tear its prey. It lets it sniff out worms hidden in the soil. They are used to show off and to compete with other males.
Main idea What is paragraph 2 mostly about?
its young how scientists count animals what it eats where it lives
Vocabulary Baby kiwis are called…
kits chicks cubs owlets
Inference What word best describes where the kiwi lives?
wide and open deep and salty full of trees warm and rainy
Main idea What is this passage mostly about?
the colors of earthworms the life of the kiwi the life of the camel the life of the polar bear

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