Meet the American Bison: Grade 3 Reading Comprehension

The American bison is a mammal. It lives in the grasslands and prairies of North America. Its home is wide and open.

The American bison eats grasses and sedges. It lives in herds that roam the prairie to find fresh grass.

The American bison has a thick, shaggy winter coat. This keeps it warm in freezing prairie winds. It is about about 1.8 meters tall at the shoulder.

Baby American bisons are called calves. Calves are born a reddish color and darken as they grow.

Questions

Details Where does the American bison live?
the grasslands and prairies of North America the dry grasslands and deserts of southern Africa gardens, forests and mountains across the Americas near lakes, rivers and coasts across North America
Details Which of these does the American bison eat?
ducks small lizards sedges fallen fruit
Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the American bison use a thick, shaggy winter coat?
They let it snatch fish out of the water. They detect the tiny electric signals of moving animals. It keeps it warm in freezing prairie winds. It helps it grip bamboo stalks.
Main idea What is paragraph 2 mostly about?
where it lives what it eats why some animals are in danger how its body helps it
Vocabulary Baby American bisons are called…
fry cubs tadpoles calves
Inference What word best describes where the American bison lives?
warm and rainy wide and open freezing cold near fresh water
Main idea What is this passage mostly about?
the life of the emperor penguin the life of the red-eyed tree frog the life of the polar bear the life of the American bison

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