Make Way for Habitats

Lindsay HopkinsKyle Schutt

As you arrive Cell phones

out and on!

View poll online

The best summary of 1942's Caldecott Medal winner "Make Way for

Ducklings" is:

C) A mother and father duck search for the perfect spot to nest

Mr. and Mrs. Mallard are looking for a place to live.

Can you match these animals to where they live?

Duck

Grizzly Bear

Shark

Lion

Ocean

Pond

Savannah

Forest

Draw a line to connect the animal to its home

Where we live is also known as our Habitat

Name three things a habitat provides:

1. Food2. Water3. Shelter

Click to find out if you’re right!

What makes up a duck’s habitat?

Food Water Shelter

Click the duck to hear

what he has to say

•Write your ideas here

•Write your ideas here

•Write your ideas here

Review the Habitat

Let’s follow Mr. and Mrs. Mallard’s journey to the Public Gardens.

Use your resource worksheet and star the characteristics the Public Garden provide.

Public Gardens

What happens next?Mr. and Mrs.

Mallard must also

be safe.

Add “Safety” to your

“Shelter” column

Continue Our Tour

Let’s continue our tour with Mr. and Mrs. Mallard.Use your resource worksheet and circle the characteristics each location provides.

Don’t forget Safety!

Do you know what a duck wants in his habitat? Imagine you are Mr. or Mrs. Mallard. Write a newspaper advertisement describing the perfect place for you to live – your ideal habitat.

*Note: Newspapers charge by the word, so limit your advertisement to five sentences.

Remember to include:1.Food2.Water3.Shelter

- Safety

Wanted: Duck Habitat

Click to hear me

talk!

Your Turn!

1. Each group will get to make a duck talk

2. Decide who will be the reader and who will place the mouth

3. Practice reading – how do you want your duck to sound?

Standards Addressed –

Common Core• English Language Arts Standards » Language » Grade 3

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use– 4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases

based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.• Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning

of key words and phrases.

• English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Informational Text » Grade 3Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

– 7. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

• English Language Arts Standards » Science/Technical » Grades 6-8Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

– 9. Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.

National Educational Technology Standards - NETS

• http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS• http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/

2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007_Standards.pdf

Resources/21st Century Instructional Tools

Discovery Education Streaming - Make Way for Ducklings Video– http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId

=649A3A29-956A-4688-8F6A-576AD8B20A68&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

Discovery Education Science - Habitats– http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId

=EE6B0361-FAFB-45BB-BBF0-C4E81A4247E5&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=DSCE

Discovery Education Streaming - Duck Sounds– http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?

guidAssetId=36BEB407-8C0C-441B-A6FC-97B7014BA76D&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

Google Earth & GoogleLitTrips– http://www.googlelittrips.org/

PowerPoint– Presentation Tools, Tips, & Tricks including “pointer options”

Poll Everywhere – http://www.polleverywhere.com

Blabber & Discovery Education Images: – http://blabberize.com/view/id/221446