Zebras reading comprehension:
Snapshot
Title: Why Zebras Have Stripes
Genre: Nonfiction
Subject: Life Science
Primary Topic: How zebra stripes help zebras survive
Estimated Guided Reading Level (A–Z): R
What This Teaches Best
Explains possible survival purposes for zebra stripes.
Teaches animal adaptation through predator confusion, fly avoidance, and cooling.
Uses cause and effect to connect stripes with survival advantages.
Introduces scientific investigation through research on striped coats and flies.
Shows that scientists may still study and test ideas about animal features.
Learning Goals
Students will identify reasons zebras may have stripes.
Students will explain how stripes can confuse predators.
Students will describe how stripes may help keep biting flies away.
Students will explain how stripes might help zebras stay cool.
Students will use text evidence to support an explanation about zebra survival.
Key Vocabulary From the Text
Predators — animals that hunt other animals.
Herd — group of animals living or moving together.
Optical illusion — something that tricks the eyes.
Repellent — something that keeps pests away.
Currents — moving streams of air or water.
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