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RIC-5126 NZ Teaching Comp Strategies Book F

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Finding similarities and differences<br />

Practice page<br />

Use strategies similar to those on page 35 to practise finding similarities<br />

and differences. (Clues are given to help you.)<br />

1. Echidnas and platypuses have this in common.<br />

(a) They both eat freshwater crayfish.<br />

(b) They both use their back claws for grooming.<br />

(c) They are both covered in a coarse hair.<br />

(d) They both feature on an Australian coin.<br />

Think!<br />

See which piece of information is<br />

in the text for both animals.<br />

The best answer is .<br />

2. Which two things are only true for echidnas?<br />

(a) They are mammals and usually lay two eggs.<br />

(b) They have powerful claws and a rubbery bill.<br />

(c) They lay one egg and are monotremes.<br />

(d) They are monotremes and have webbed feet.<br />

Think!<br />

Read only the text about echidnas<br />

to find the answer for this<br />

question.<br />

The best answer is .<br />

3. <strong>Comp</strong>lete the Venn diagram and then explain what it means.<br />

Echidnas and platypuses habitats<br />

Land<br />

Water<br />

Think!<br />

Find the parts of the text that say<br />

where each animal lives and write<br />

‘echidna’ and ‘platypus’ in the<br />

correct space.<br />

4. Describe three ways that the appearance of a platypus and<br />

echidna are different.<br />

•<br />

•<br />

Think!<br />

Find the parts of the text that<br />

describes the way each animals<br />

looks.<br />

•<br />

5. Explain what is similar about a platypus’s bill and an echidna’s<br />

snout.<br />

Think!<br />

Find the parts of the text about the<br />

snout and the bill and see what is<br />

similar about them.<br />

<strong>Teaching</strong> comprehension strategies 36 www.ricpublications.co.nz ~ R.I.C. Publications ®<br />

ISBN 978-1-925431-24-7

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