Week 02 · Tuesday: Birds Next Door (Backyard Explorer K to 2)

Tuesday: Beaks are tools

Rocket holds up two tools.

"Tweezers pick. Pliers crack!" he says.

Raven smiles. "Beaks are tools too."

Nova projects a cyan bird beak.

A beak is a tool

Different beaks do different jobs.

A thin, pointed beak picks up small things.

It can pick a tiny bug from a leaf.

A thick, short beak cracks hard seeds.

A wide, flat beak scoops up water plants.

The beak fits the food.

Match the beak to the food

Beak	Good for
thin and pointed	picking small bugs
thick and short	cracking seeds
wide and flat	scooping in water

WHICH BEAK?

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

Which beak cracks hard seeds?

Which beak picks a tiny bug?

Which beak scoops in water?

A beak is like what?

Sentence	True or false?
Different beaks do different jobs.	?
A thin beak is best for cracking seeds.	?
The beak fits the food.	?
A flat beak can scoop water plants.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISEEach beak shape fits a kind of food.

Try it

Ask a grown-up for a spoon and tweezers.
Put dry cereal in a bowl.
Pick up one piece with the tweezers.
Scoop many pieces with the spoon.
Which tool is like which beak?

Safety first

Use tools only with a grown-up.
Tweezers are for cereal, not fingers.
Outside, watch birds eat from far away.
Never feed a wild bird from your hand.

TOOL TIME

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

Tweezers are most like which beak?

A spoon is most like which beak?

What did Rocket say pliers do?

Sentence	True or false?
A thick beak is good for seeds.	?
All beaks look the same.	?
A pointed beak can pick a bug from a leaf.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISEBeak shape tells you what a bird eats.

Draw two birds. One thick beak, one thin beak.

Word Spot: by, could

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

By: B-Y.

Could: C-O-U-L-D.

FIND THE WORD

Listen to the word.
Tap it.

Find the word you hear.

FILL THE GAP

Listen to the sentence.
Tap the missing word.

We walk ___ the pond.

I ___ see the stars last night.

Beaks are great tools!

Tomorrow you will listen for bird sounds.