This is my first reading activity for 2011 on Armadillos.

1. Remembering: What are the facts
Understanding - Show that you understand the information

3. Applying - Using the information in another way
Well, today has been a busy day. I have made another burrow in the
same area. At the moment I am living in a hot rainforest as this is
ideal for me to live in. I had to swim across the river by swallowing
air so I was buoyant enough. My babies took a bit longer than me
but we finally all made it across. Today the time came to forage for
food with them. They all did quite well and thoroughly enjoyed
themselves. This makes things easier for me as soon they will be
able to find food themselves. We have also found that human
hunters are in the area. This means we may be in grave danger.
They want to kill us to get our shells and meat. I will not go down
without a fight. Thankfully there are not many animal predators
which are by far more dangerous. I think for now I am safe but
cannot live here for much longer, especially if the hunters find our
burrows. I haven’t seen any other Armadillos for quite some time
except for when I was breeding. This is quite good as we don’t
usually meet up. Now I am going to snuggle down and try to find
sleep. My babies are next to me so for now all is way. Goodnight
and I shall write soon about my next adventure...

4. Analysing - Identifying the features that help armadillos
survive