Today we are going to read information about

The Cow’s Four Stomachs. After I read the story you

are going to recall a series of events /information
Events arranged in order help us in different ways. It
is easier to understand a story remember it and tell it
again if it is in order. The order in which things
happen is what we call a sequence. Seeing ideas in
sequence can help us remember things more easily.
 The Cow’s Four Stomachs
A cow has four stomachs! It may sound
unbelievable but it is true.
A cow do not have ordinary digestive system.
These animals do not have upper front teeth.
They eat grass by wrapping their tongue around it
and pulling it from the ground .They have back
teeth but they cannot chew the grass properly.
 Cow swallow grass without chewing up. When
it is swallowed, the grass
goes into the cow’s first stomach, called rumen. In
the rumen, the grass is broken up by some digestive
juices and forms into a ball. The ball of grass is
called cud. The cow brings back the cud into its
mouth. Then the cow chews
the cud into a pulp with its back teeth and re-
swallows it.
After the cud is swallowed the second time, it goes into
the cow’s second stomach called reticulum. The reticulum
filters the food and takes out small stones or any non-food
matter. Then the food goes into the cow’s third stomach
called omasum. The omasum further filters the food. Any
undigested food is sent back to the rumen. Then the cow
chews it some more. The digested food from the omasum
goes into the abomasum, the cow’s fourth stomach. The
digested food becomes a part of the cow’s body.
1. Which is the first stage in digesting the cow’s food?
2. What does the cow do with the cud in its
mouth ?
3. What happens to the undigested food in the
omasum ?
4. What happens to the digested food in the
abomasum ?
5. Why Is any undigested food sent back to
the rumen ?
Number in order the stages in digesting the cow’s food.
__a. The cow chews the cud into pulp with its back teeth and re-swallow it.
__b. The reticulum takes out any non-food matter in the pulp.
__c. The unchew grass is broken up by the digestive juices into a cud
here.
__d. The cow eats grass by wrapping its tongue against and pulling it from
The ground.
__e. Any undigested food is sent back to the rumen so it can be sent back to
The mouth to be further chewed.
__f. Then it swallows the grass without chewing it and sends to the rumen.
__g. The cow brings back the cud into the mouth.
__h. After the pulp is re-swallowed it goes to the reticulum.
__i. The digested food in the reticulum is sent to the omasum.
__j. From the omasum , the digested food is absorbed by the cow’s body.
Group 1
Read the information below. Sequence the events by writing numbers1-4 on the
lines according to how they happened in the story.
Did you know that every drop of water makes a journey? This journey is called
the water cycle. When water on the ground ( like in a puddle, lake or ocean ) is
heated by the sun, the water changes into a gas, called water vapor. The water
vapor rises up into the sky and then becomes part of a cloud. Wind carries the
cloud across the sky. Water droplets begin to fall from the sky as rain, falling into
puddles, lakes and oceans on the ground.
___ Wind carries the water in clouds.
___ Water is heated by the sun and forms water vapor.
___ Raindrops fall from the sky.
___ Water vapor rises into the sky.
Use Sequence Map
___ Wind carries the water in clouds.
___ Water is heated by the sun and forms water vapor.
___ Raindrops fall from the sky.
___ Water vapor rises into the sky.
Events arranged in order help us in
different ways. It is easier to
understand a story remember it and tell
it again if it is in order. The order in
which things happens what we call a
sequence. Seeing ideas in sequence can
help us remember things more easily.
Read the short stories below. Sequence the events
by writing 1-5 on the lines.
Pia got off the train. Tita Susan ran over and gave her a big hug. “
I’m so glad you could spend the day with me here in Manila, “ Tita
Susan said, smiling. Pia and Tita Susan left the train station and
walked to the aquarium. After looking at all the sea creatures and
watching the dolphin lion show, they headed to the mall for lunch
and shopping. By five o’clock it was time for Pia’s two-hour train
ride home. “ I had great fun. Thanks for spending the day with me,
“said Pia as she got on the train.
_____ Pia and Tita Susan went to the
aquarium.
_____ Pia’s train arrived in Manila.
_____ Pia took the train home.
_____ Pia and Tita Susan went to the mall.
_____ Pia and Tita Susan looking at all the
sea creatures and watching dolphin lion
show.