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Beaver Cloze Fill in the blanks with the words above the paragraph. Beavers
stream	ponds			teeth		tail		dam
A beaver is an animal that has large front __teeth___________________ and a large __________tail__________ on its back.  Beavers live in ___________pond___________ that they make by building a _________________dam______ on a small river or ___stream___________________.
Beavers the Builders
sticks		twigs			trees		mud
Beavers can cut down __trees___________________ with their powerful teeth. They use the ______sticks_______________ and ___twigs__________________ from the trees to build their dams.  They also use ____________mud_________ from the ground to hold everything together and fill in the holes.
Beavers Lodges
predators	build			slaps		lodges		underwater
Beavers __build___________________ their homes in the middle of their ponds. Their homes are called _______lodges______________. The entrance to the lodge is _______________underwater______. This helps protect the beavers from ____________predators_________. When a beaver sees a dangerous predator like a wolf the beaver ____slaps_________________ its tail on the water and hides in the lodge.
The Fur Trade
fur		trappers			warm		hats
			In the past, people called _____trappers________________ hunted beavers for their valuable ___________fur__________. Beaver fur is very _______________warm______ so their fur was used to make ______hats_______________.

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