5.5 Reading Progress Monitoring

Some plants and animals need forest fires to grow and survive.

Forest fires kill more plants and animals than they help.

Humans should work to keep forest fires under control.

Black-backed woodpeckers are the only birds that need forest fires to live.

“A fire blazes through a forest. Flames climb to the tops of trees. Animals race away.” (Paragraph 1)

“Hot fire melts the resin so the cones can open. After a fire, the seeds fall out and sprout on newly cleared ground.” (Paragraph 2)

“The insects have tiny sensors hidden beneath their middle legs that can feel the heat of a fire more than 30 miles away.” (Paragraph 3)

“But these low branches start to die when the trees turn about 15 years old. Nests on the ground below are no longer safely hidden.” (Paragraph 5)

The author discusses the damage caused by forest fires, and then all the good they do.

The author describes different kinds of forest fires, and the good and bad they can do.

The author discusses the different plants and animals that are harmed by forest fires.

The author describes the different plants and animals that benefit from forest fires.

The forest needs to completely burn down.

The fire needs to die down so that insects and birds don’t get burned.

The fire needs to grow hot enough to benefit the insects and birds.

The forest needs to grow again after a large forest fire.