Build- a -Bear Sentence!
1.21 (C) recognize and use punctuation
marks at the end of declarative,
exclamatory, and interrogative
sentences.
Bear Facts
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When fall turns to winter and the temperature dips, the food sources for the wild
animals becomes very scarce. Some animals wait out the harsh conditions of
winter, constantly searching for food and shelter. Other animals, like the bear,
spend the winter in hibernation. Hibernation is a dormant sleep-like state. By
going into hibernation the bears bypass winter when their food supply, nuts and
berries, disappears. Animals like the bear would find it extremely difficult to find
enough food during winter, and therefore go into hibernation.
During hibernation the bear cuddles up in a cave or in a hollowed out tree, safe
from the dangers of winter. In order to survive this long period of inactivity the
bear must build up its body weight by accumulating fat. In the months
before hibernation bears can gain up to forty pounds of fat per week. A bear’s
body goes through several changes once it enters hibernation. Its heartbeat drops
from fifty-five beats per minute to ten beats per minute, and the bear’s body
temperature will drop from five to nine degrees below normal. While in
hibernation the bear uses the stored energy it accumulated as fat to survive. So a
bear can lose from fifteen to forty percent of its body weight during the winter just
by sleeping!
Bears will generally enter hibernation in early October and emerge sometime in
April or May, when their food is plentiful again. The hibernation cycle is just
another unique adaptation of nature that allows many animals like the bear to
survive during the severe conditions of winter time.
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Write an example of each type of sentence. Use words
from the word bank.
bear
cave
hibernate
forest
winter
sleep
energy
tree
heart-beat
lower
snow
food