Elementary Library

question. Read Borrowing Bunnies or Destiny Finds Her Way Have students answer big question using evidence from the story (this discussion can take place while reading) Students draw the character and label what it needs to survive. (Food, water, air, shelter, care)

Read Play in the Wild or Smitten with Kittens Ask students for evidence. Use strategies such as think-pair-share, I wonder and I notice, KWL, and sentence starters to scaffold student thinking and discussion. Baby animals are like their parents because ___________________. For example, ______________________. Baby animals are different from their parents because ___________________. For example, _____________________.

Read a title about tundra habitats from the Animal Habitat series or Biomes of North America (or another series from the school library) Based on this story, what do you think a habitat is? What is this habitat called? (Tundra) Ask, what makes a tundra unique? (The cold, the snow, etc) Prompt students to look for details about the animals in the next story that helps them survive in the tundra. Read Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold or Polar Bear During the read aloud or after ask students, How did the animals in this story survive in the tundra? Students may point out fur, hibernation, and other traits. Make a list of student ideas and try to cite pages. Students draw a tundra and animal. Finish the sentence starter: A tundra is ________. So the ______ needs ___________ to survive.

Read any Baby Animals in the Wild (Bullfrog Books)

Repeat previous strategies.

Students draw a baby animal and its parent to show a similarity and difference. As a whole group, students

will complete a Venn Diagram comparing babies with parents.

Week 5

Direct Instruction

Remind students of the big question and previous week’s learning.

Remind students of the big question and previous week’s learning.

Read If You Hold A Seed or Because of An Acorn or Plant the Tiny Seed

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