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What Do You Do With a Tail Like This by: Steve Jenkins & Robin Page:

What Do You Do With a Tail Like This by: Steve Jenkins & Robin Page Literature Based Learning Lesson By: Kara Lindsey

Before you begin reading..:

Before you begin reading.. http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2498271c9a770.html -Click on the link above to see how well you know your animals. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/animalclassgame.htm -At this link, play this fun game about animals.

While you are reading..:

While you are reading.. http://ibll.wikispaces.com/message/list/home# Click on the link above and then click on the discussion link. While you are reading this book list some of the things you already knew, list 3 facts you thought were interesting and why, and list 2 things you would like to know more about. To post your comments click on the discussion tab, then click new post. Type your name into the subjects space and begin writing your comments in the empty space below.

When you have finished..:

When you have finished.. Go to the link below and compare and contrast the different parts of the animals and what they do differently. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/compcontrast/map.html Also after you’ve finished comparing and contrasting finish this idiom activity. See if you can figure them out. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/idioms/idiom_1.html

Think about this..:

Think about this.. Take three of these animal quizzes at this link and see how you do. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/quiz/ Some species are becoming endangered. Click on this link and take this brief quiz to see which ones are. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/games-quizzes/know-endangered-species-quiz/

Other books about animals:

Other books about animals Move! By: Steve Jenkins & Robin Page http ://www.amazon.com/Move-Robin-Page/dp/061864637X#reader_061864637X How to Clean a Hippopotamus By: Steve Jenkins & Robin Page http://www.amazon.com/How-Clean-Hippopotamus-Unusual-Partnerships/dp/0547245157 I See a Kookaburra! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618507647/ref=ase_thelittleredscho/102-2339959-9865716?s=books&v=glance&n=283155&tagActionCode=thelittleredscho

More books..:

More books.. Actual Size by: Steve Jenkins http://www.amazon.com/Actual-Ribbon-Nonfiction-Award-Awards/dp/0618375945#reader_0618375945 Bees Snails & Peacock Tails by: Betsy Franco & Steve Jenkins http://www.amazon.com/Bees-Snails-Peacock-Tails-Naturally/dp/1416903860

See how you do:

See how you do Activities Completed Incomplete Did a compare and contrast of the different animals. Wrote what you knew, 3 facts that were interesting, and 2 ideas you would like to know more about in the book on the discussion board. Went through and finished the idiom activity.

Standards:

Standards Life Science 2.3 Observe, ask questions about and describe how organisms change their forms and behaviors during their life cycles 2.3.2 Compare and contrast details of body plans and structures within the life cycles of plants and animals