©Teacher Created Resources, Inc.25#3489 Daily Warm-Ups: Reading+FFTFGeese fly south for the winter.They fly as a group, in a V shape.This shape is called aformation.Why do they fly in formations?As each bird flaps its wings, the wind it makes lifts the bird that follows behind.The geesegather lift from one another.This helps the geese travel faster.They work as a team.If one of the geese falls out of the V, it will feel the pull from flying alone.It will want to comeright back to the V.The goose that is in the front of the V will drop to the back when it gets tired.Another goosetakes over leading the birds.The geese behind the leader make honking noises.The noiseencourages the lead birds as they fly along.The honking makes the birds keep up the speed.By honking, birds tell each other, “Good job.Keep it up!”If a goose gets injured or sick, it falls out of the V.Two other geese from the group follow itdown to the ground.They help or protect the bird.These two geese stay with the bird until itdies or is able to fly again.If the bird dies, they wait for another flock and join in their V.If thebird gets better, they all join.People can learn a lot from geese.We can work together to get jobs done.We can taketurns being the leader.When someone is having a hard time, we can help.We can let othersknow when they are doing a good job.If we acted like the geese, wouldn’t our world be ahappy place?Warm-Up 17Name _________________________ Date _________Nonfiction:Animals4503:!26&45*0/4
