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Camels in the Desert

2nd Grade Common Core RI.2.1 Fact text 101 words ⏱ 15 minESL A1

A short fact text about camels, how they live in the hot desert and why they can walk a long time without water.

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Camels live in the desert. The desert is very hot in the day and cold at night. There is not much water there, but camels can live in this hard place.

A camel can walk for many days without water. When it finds water, it drinks a lot very fast. Some camels have one hump, and some camels have two humps. The hump is full of fat, not water. The fat gives the camel energy.

Camels have long eyelashes. They help to keep sand out of their eyes. People in the desert use camels to carry things from place to place.

📘 Word bank
desert
a very dry place with little water
without
not having something
hump
the big lump on a camel's back
fat
the soft stuff in the body that stores energy
energy
the power to move and do things
eyelashes
the small hairs around the eyes
carry
to take something from one place to another

✏️ Questions

  1. Key details

    What is the desert like at night?

  2. Key details

    What is inside the camel's hump?

  3. Key details

    What do the long eyelashes do?

  4. Key details

    Complete: Some camels have one hump, and some camels have ______ humps.

  5. Key details

    What does a camel do when it finds water?

  6. Key details

    How do people in the desert use camels?

  7. Main idea

    What is the text mainly about?

Questions

  1. What is the desert like at night?

    1. Hot.
    2. Cold.
    3. Rainy.
    4. Green.

  2. What is inside the camel's hump?

    1. Water.
    2. Sand.
    3. Fat.
    4. Food for its baby.

  3. What do the long eyelashes do?

    1. They keep sand out of the camel's eyes.
    2. They help the camel to see at night.
    3. They keep the camel warm.
    4. They help the camel to drink.

  4. Complete: Some camels have one hump, and some camels have ______ humps.

    ______________________________________________________________

  5. What does a camel do when it finds water?

    1. It swims in it.
    2. It walks away.
    3. It gives it to people.
    4. It drinks a lot very fast.

  6. How do people in the desert use camels?

    ______________________________________________________________

  7. What is the text mainly about?

    1. How to ride a camel.
    2. How camels live in the desert.
    3. Why the desert is cold.
    4. Animals that live in the sea.

Answer key

  1. b) Cold.
  2. c) Fat.
  3. a) They keep sand out of the camel's eyes.
  4. two
  5. d) It drinks a lot very fast.
  6. To carry things from place to place.
  7. b) How camels live in the desert.

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