The birds taught their chicks to fly.

Meaning: This means that the adult birds showed the young birds how to use their wings to move through the air.

Choice of Words: Birds are animals with feathers and wings. Taught means to show someone how to do something. Chicks are young birds that have just hatched from eggs. Fly means to move through the air using wings. When you put them together, it means that the adult birds showed the young birds how to move through the air using their wings.

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