Joeys

A joey is

• a baby kangaroo

• a mother kangaroo

• a jelly bean

• a pouch

The second paragraph is about what a joey..

• looks like
• is called

• eats

• can do

Joeys are compared to jelly beans because of their

• colour

• taste

• smell

• size

When a joey is born

• it is furry

• it's eyes are open

• it is very small

• it has big ears

The third paragraph is about...

• what joeys eat

• the mother's pouch

• how big kangaroos are

• a father kangaroo

Being in a pouch keeps a joey

• small

• safe

• sleepy

• quiet

The fourth paragraph is about

• fully grown kangaroos

• how strong kangaroos are

• how long kangaroos are expected to live

• what joeys do when they are 3 - 4 months old

The last paragraph is about

• Joeys leaving their pouch

• when kangaroos can have babies

• what they eat at two years old

• what joeys do with their fathers.

At about 10 months old a joey

• does not live in a pouch any more

• leaves its mother to live in a new place

• lives in the pouch when it needs to feel safe

• has become a fully grown kangaroo

What is the text mainly about?

• Where kangaroos and joeys live

• When joeys learn to hop

• how much joeys eat and drink

• what joey's early lives are like