5,4,3,2,1 Woodchuck

5 comments

• Woodchucks are 5 to 10 pounds and 2 feet long, but that includes their 6 inch bushy tail.
• Woodchucks live in meadows, pastures, abandoned Fields, open lots, open woods, and backyards.
• Woodchucks can no t run any faster than 9 miles per and hour.
• They are herbivores and they eat grass, fruits, vegetables, clovers, and alfalfa.
• Some noises that the woodchuck makes are shrill whistles, growls, snarls, hisses, squeals, and chirps.

4 questions

• Are woodchucks and beavers anything alike?
• What do woodchucks do when humans come near or really close to them?
• Can woodchucks swim or do they drown?
• Do woodchucks resemble any other animals in the wild?

3 vocabulary

• alfalfa: a plant
• marmot: any bushy tailed stocky, rodent
• conspicuous: easily seen or noticed

2 literary

• "In a coma like state" (pg. 216)
• "Early Alarm Clock" (pg. 217)

1 overview

• This was about woodchucks what they eat, where they live, how they grow up, what they look like, and how they get around.