Chickadee June 2020 Teacher/Parent Resources

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Animal of the Month Golden Lion Tamarin

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• Golden lion tamarins are arboreal, which means they live in trees.

• They eat fruit, insects, lizards, and birds.

• They live on the coast of southeastern Brazil.

ANIMAL FAST FACTS

Follow-up ActivityGolden lion tamarins help take care of their babies. They peel and mash bananas, and carry their young on their backs for several months until the babies are ready to climb around themselves. What other animal dads care for their young? How do they do so?

Classroom Connections: Science: life science, animals, growth and changes in animals

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This month’s Discovery looks at powwows, which are celebrations of Indigenous cultures. Before you begin reading, have a discussion about your prior knowledge of powwows. For example, have you ever been to a powwow or know someone who has? Have you seen photos or read about powwows? What would you expect to do at powwow? What do you think you would see, hear, and eat? Start looking at the article’s photos for clues. Then read the text together and talk about it. Write a short summary, using the sample sentence starters below to get you thinking.

Sample Sentence Starters:Powwows are…They celebrate…At a powwow, families…The Grand Entry happens…Drums provide…Dancers’ clothes are called…Outfits are made…Dance categories are…Foods you might find are…It’s important to…

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Follow-up ActivityHave you ever been to a large cultural celebration? Or can you think of one somewhere in the world? How does it compare and contrast with powwows?

Classroom Connections: Language Arts: reading comprehension, understanding informational textSocial Studies: heritage and identity, traditions and celebrations, Canada, North America, Indigenous cultures

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Read the poems aloud or listen to them at owlkids.com/audio. As you read, enunciate your words to make the rhyming patterns clear. Can you also hear the rhythms?

Then look at the list below. Work together to find the corresponding rhyming words in the poem. As an extension of the exercise, see if you can come up with other words that rhyme with the ones in the list.

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Word Rhymes with...

Eel

Fast

Sand

Nose

Eye

Friend

Sleep

Ballet

Size

Bonus: Can you find a word that rhymes with “teeth”? What did the author do instead of rhyming?

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Follow-up Activities • Look closely at each page. Can you name all the sea creatures? List them below. If they’re new, work together to find photos on the internet and learn more about them. • Try saying the tongue twisters as quickly as you can. What other tongue twisters do you know? What makes them so hard to say?

Classroom Connections: Language Arts: reading comprehension, understanding story elements, poetryScience: animals, habitats

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