Vocabulary | ||
#1 | This word tells where puffins make their nests. | burrows |
#2 | This word describes where a sea turtle might go to get out of the water. | ashore |
#3 | This word names the way the children sent the pufflings up into the air. | launching |
#4 | This word means having no people living there. | uninhabited |
#5 | This word describes how people act without thinking. | instinctively |
All About the Story | ||
#1 | The story take place in what country? | Iceland |
#2 | Who is the main character? | Halla |
#3 | What type of story is this, fiction or nonfiction? | nonfiction |
#4 | What month of the year does the story take place? | April |
#5 | What is the name of the island where the story takes place? | Heimaey Island |
Puffins, Puffins, Everywhere | ||
#1 | What kind of bird is Halla looking for in early April? | puffin |
#2 | What is the nickname of the bird in the story? | clowns of the sea |
#3 | Give 2 reasons why puffins come to the island. | to lay eggs, to raise their babies, and it's spring and time to come to shore |
#4 | What 2 things do growing puffin chicks do? | hide (or stay in burrows), they peep for their food, and they eat about 10 times a day |
#5 | Give 2 reasons why some of the pufflings end up stranded in the village. | They get confused by the city lights, many of them crash land in the city, and they are stuck because they can't take off from flat ground |
Help! Call 911 | ||
#1 | What do you call a baby puffin? | a puffling |
#2 | Why do the children wander through the streets at night? | They want to rescue the stranded pufflings. |
#3 | What 2 things do the children gather in order to be ready for the nights of the pufflings? | flashlights and cardboard boxes |
#4 | Where do the children take the cardboard boxes with the rescued pufflings the next day? | They take them to the beach to release the pufflings. |
#5 | When do the pufflings leave their burrows for their first flight? | at night |
Fact and Opinion | ||
#1 | A puffin's chick will grow into a young puffling. | Fact |
#2 | A puffin's chick is cute and fluffy. | Opinion |
#3 | Halla and her friends can't see the chicks, but they can hear them calling out for food. | Fact |
#4 | Puffins seem to enjoy riding the ocean waves. | Opinion |
#5 | Puffins are the prettiest birds in Iceland. | Opinion |
Final Question | |
This word describes how Halla held the puffling in her arms. | nestles |