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Lesson4 Animal
Lesson4 Animal
Lesson4 Animal
LearningActivities: Intro: Showstudentsexampleofnonfictionandfictionbookspandas.Discusswithstudentsthe differencesbetweenfictionandnonfictiontexts. Lesson: Readthebooksaloudtotheclass.Havestudentsdiscussthedifferencesbetweenthebooks. (Onebookhadmadeupcharacters.Theotherbookhadfacts.)Modelwiththestudentshow theycantakefactsfromthenonfictiontextaboutpandasintheirnotebooks.Explainto studentsthattheywillusethesenotesalongwithwhattheylearnedfromthewebquestto createaprojectaboutpandas. Studentswillusethelibrarytofindinformationaltextonpandas.Oncestudentshavefounda booktheyneedtoreadthebookandtakenotesintheirsciencenotebooksoranimal notebooks. Closure: Havestudentspartnerupanddiscusstheinformationthattheyfoundwhileresearching pandas.HavestudentshadonethingthattheylearnedtotheKWLchart. Extension: Discusswithstudentswhattheylearnedaboutthelifecycleofpandaswhentheycompleted theirwebquest.ReshowthelifecyclevideoonpandasfromtheWWFwebsite.Thenshow studentstheYouTubevideoLifeCycleofWaspsandBees.Drawavenndiagramonthe boardoranchorchart.Havestudentsworktogethertocompareandcontrastthelifecyclesof bees,wasps,andpandas.