8/9/2019 Teaching Guide - Crouch - BrickHouse Education - TG9781598352290

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Objectives Identify similarities; animal habitats, traits and behavior; rhyming words;

use picture and context clues

Materials posterboard; crayons or colored pencils; scissors, glue; wildlife magazines

30 minutes, Days 13

Build Background

Activate Prior Knowledge Have the class stand in a circle. Tell children tocrouch down. Explain:Right now, you are crouching. Animals crouch, too. Tell children topretend that they are cats and crouch down on all fours. Say:Now kitty wants to go to

sleep. Guide children to cover their eyes with their paws. Say:Now kitty is waking

up. It sees a mouse!Have the class get up and pretend to chase the mouse. Ask:

What were we doing when we were crouched down?(sleeping)What did we do after crouching?

(looked for a mouse) Animals crouch when they are resting or waiting for something. Why do you

crouch?(to look for a toy under the bed, hide, crawl, etc.)

Introduce the Focus Skill: Similarities Tell children: Some animals look thesame and do the same things. Open the book to pp. 45. Show the pictures of the cat

and leopard to the class. Ask:Do these two animals look the same? (yes) How? (They have

whiskers, fur, and pointy ears.) Then read the text below each picture and ask: How else

are these animals the same? (They have great sight. They crouch low, ready to strike.) Turnto pp. 1415. Guide children to point out the similarities: (Both animals have dark eyes

and fur. They both live in dens.)

Acquire New Vocabulary Introduce the vocabulary words to the class:sight, strike, boar, leaps, trotted, mongoose,lemur.Write them on the board and review denitions. Then give children the following example of a sentence frame:If you have grea

___, you can see very well. (sight) Ask children to write sentence frames for four of the vocabulary words with a partner. Partners will take

turns writing the sentence frame and guessing the word. If children have difculty, tell them to refer to the pictures and text in the book

for ideas. When partners are nished, have them share their sentence frames with the class and ask volunteers to ll in the blanks.

Read and Respond Display the book. Read the title and author name aloud as you track the print. Tell children: Poems are likemusic. They follow a certain beat. We need to stay on beat for it to sound right. Read p. 4 aloud to model correct pronunciation and rhythm. Tap

your desk lightly as you read so children can hear the beat. Then assign subsequent pages to each member of the class. Have each

child read his/her page aloud. Pause after reading each page and ask volunteers to use picture and context clues to guess where the

animal lives. For instance, after reading p. 16, a child might say: The lemur lives in the jungle. Discuss animal habitats as a class.

60 minutes, Days 45

Curricular Enrichment: Science Tell children that they will nd the similarities between certain animals.Distribute posterboard, crayons or colored pencils, scissors, glue, and wildlife magazines to the class. Assign the following

pairs of animals to small groups: cat/leopard, dog/wolf, horse/zebra, squirrel/chipmunk, lemur/monkey,

frog/toad. Tell children to nd one picture of each animal in a magazine, cut them out, and glue them to the top of the

posterboard. Tell groups to list the similarities between the animals below the pictures. For example, for horse/zebra,

similarities may include: eat grass, have hooves, have manes, trot.You may want to provide access to a computer for children to

conduct additional research on animals. When groups have nished, have them share their posterboards. Discuss animals and

their similarities as a class.

Home Connection (Teacher, you may want to photocopythis activity for children to complete with a family member.)

Discuss with your child what he/she learned this week. Ask

him/her to tell you one fact he/she learned about an animal.

Ask: What can we do that animals do, too? (crouch, jump, climb, etc.)

Have your child demonstrate some of these physical activities

when you go to the park or during playtime.

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NATIONAL STANDARDS

Language Arts: K-12.1, K-12.3, K-12.4, K-12.5, K-12.6, K-12.7, K-12.8, K-12.11, K-12.12

Mathematics: Numbers PK-2.1; Algebra PK-2.1, PK-2.4; Geometry PK-2.2, PK-2.4;

Connections PK-12.3

Science: K-4.1, K-4.2, K-4.3

Social Studies/Geography: K-12.1, K-12.2, K-12.3

Technology: K-12.112.6

Music: K-4.8

Physical Education: K-12.1, K-12.2, K-12.5, K-12.6, K-12.7