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Hedgehogs in the Garden

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

A short fact text about hedgehogs: where they live, what they eat and why you must not give them milk.

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Hedgehogs are small animals. You can find them in many parts of Israel, in gardens, fields and parks. A hedgehog has a lot of sharp spines on its back.

When a hedgehog is afraid, it rolls into a ball. Then other animals cannot hurt it.

Hedgehogs sleep in the day and look for food at night. They eat insects, snails and worms. That is why many gardeners like them.

If you see a hedgehog, do not pick it up. You can put a small plate of water in your garden for it, but never give it milk. Milk makes hedgehogs sick.

📘 Word bank
hedgehogs
small animals with sharp spines
sharp
able to cut or hurt
spines
the hard, pointed hairs on a hedgehog
rolls
turns over and over
insects
small animals with six legs, like ants
snails
small animals with a shell on their back
worms
long, thin animals without legs
sick
not well

✏️ Questions

  1. Key details

    Where can you find hedgehogs in Israel?

  2. Key details

    What does a hedgehog do when it is afraid?

  3. Key details

    Write TWO things that hedgehogs eat.

  4. Inference

    Why do many gardeners like hedgehogs?

  5. Key details

    When do hedgehogs look for food?

  6. Key details

    Why must you never give a hedgehog milk?

  7. Main idea

    What is the text mainly about?

Questions

  1. Where can you find hedgehogs in Israel?

    1. Only in the desert.
    2. In gardens, fields and parks.
    3. In the sea.
    4. Only at the zoo.

  2. What does a hedgehog do when it is afraid?

    1. It rolls into a ball.
    2. It runs up a tree.
    3. It jumps into water.
    4. It makes a loud noise.

  3. Write TWO things that hedgehogs eat.

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  4. Why do many gardeners like hedgehogs?

    1. Because hedgehogs are pretty.
    2. Because hedgehogs sleep all day.
    3. Because hedgehogs eat insects and snails in the garden.
    4. Because hedgehogs give milk.

  5. When do hedgehogs look for food?

    1. In the morning.
    2. At noon.
    3. After school.
    4. At night.

  6. Why must you never give a hedgehog milk?

    ______________________________________________________________

  7. What is the text mainly about?

    1. How to buy a pet.
    2. Hedgehogs and how they live.
    3. Gardens in Israel.
    4. Animals in the sea.

Answer key

  1. b) In gardens, fields and parks.
  2. a) It rolls into a ball.
  3. Insects, snails, worms (any two).
  4. c) Because hedgehogs eat insects and snails in the garden.
  5. d) At night.
  6. Because milk makes hedgehogs sick.
  7. b) Hedgehogs and how they live.

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