4th Grade Reading Comprehension (Set 1) - Sea Otters

_____Sea otters are funny little animals that live in the salty water along the California coast. Most of the time, they just float on their backs on clumps of seaweed in the water. They don’t appear to be very hard workers.
_____Sea otters like to eat three meals a day – one in the morning, one at noon, and one at night. In other words, breakfast, lunch, and dinner just like many people do. They almost never eat between meals.
_____Sea otters eat clams and other shellfish which they get by diving down to the water’s sandy bottom. When bringing up clams, they bring up big rocks, too. This permits the sea otters to open a clam diner without even getting up from their watery beds. An otter lies in the water with some rocks on its tummy or chest. Then it POUNDS the clams on the rocks until the shell breaks and the soft meat can be eaten. The sea otter doesn’t even have to roll over to have breakfast in bed.