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What nests do birds live in?
Textbook: Part 3, pp. 27–30
GoalSort kinds of bird nests from an informational text into a table; treat nests carefully.
New words
nest (of birds) · inhollow · kovakswallow · qaldirg‘ochstork · laylak
Explanation
The textbook has the tale “Qushlar qanday inlarda yashaydi?” (What nests do birds live in?), where a kingfisher asks other birds about nests before choosing its own. We do not retell it; we read our own informational text. Birds build different nests: the swallow makes a nest of mud and straw, the stork builds a large nest in a high place, the woodpecker makes its nest in a tree hollow, the sparrow finds a place in a roof or wall crack. Some birds, such as the cuckoo, do not build nests at all. We do not touch nests or take eggs, because the bird may abandon them.
Worked examples
“Homes of birds”. In spring swallows make a tiny nest of mud and straw on the ceiling of a porch. Storks build a large nest of branches on a tall pole or treetop. The woodpecker pecks into a tree trunk with its beak to form a hollow. Sparrows settle in a wall crack or under a roof. The cuckoo, however, leaves its egg in another bird’s nest. We watch nests from a distance and do not touch them.
Table: swallow – mud nest; stork – large nest; woodpecker – hollow; sparrow – crack; cuckoo – builds no nest.
Class activity
“Bird and home”: children pair bird pictures with nest types on cards.
Practice
1
What does the swallow make its nest of?
Mud and straw
2
Where does the stork build its nest?
On a tall pole or treetop
3
What does the woodpecker do for its nest?
Pecks a hollow into a tree trunk.
4
Which bird builds no nest of its own?
The cuckoo
5
Why do we not touch nests?
The bird may abandon the eggs.