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Mouse Inquiry Mind Map

Harper and Jarrah are making a fact sheet about mice for their stargazing club. Read the information below, then organise and write the facts in your own words. Use the mind map to plan before writing.

Mouse facts to use

Mice are small rodents. A rodent has front teeth that keep growing, so it gnaws on things to wear them down. Many mice are active at night, which means they are nocturnal. They use their whiskers to feel their way around in dark or narrow places. Mice can live in fields, forests and buildings. Some make nests in sheltered spaces or use burrows. Mice are omnivores: they eat both plant food, such as seeds and fruit, and animal food, such as insects. Owls, snakes and foxes may hunt mice. A mouse has a strong sense of smell and hearing, which can help it notice danger.

1.According to the passage, what does the word “nocturnal” mean?

2.Which sentence explains what an omnivore eats?

An animal that eats only plants.
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
An animal that hunts only at night.

3.Match each mouse inquiry word to its meaning.

rodent
habitat
burrow

the place where an animal lives
a tunnel or hole where an animal can shelter
an animal with front teeth that keep growing

4.Finish this fact using information from the passage: Mice use their whiskers to…

5.Write each item in the best category: seeds, insects, fields, buildings. Categories: food and places mice may live.

6.Add short notes from the passage to the mind map. Include at least one fact in each branch: habitat, diet, body and behaviour, and predators.

Write MOUSE in the centre. Draw four branches and label them HABITAT, DIET, BODY AND BEHAVIOUR, and PREDATORS. Add your notes from Question 6.

7.Join two mouse facts with “and” or “but” to make one compound sentence. Include a comma before the joining word.

8.Use your mind map to write three connected sentences about mice. Include where they live, what they eat and one interesting body or behaviour fact. Use your own words.

9.Read your paragraph again. Tick the two things that should be true of a strong fact-sheet paragraph.