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| Action
Plan #1 |
| WILD
ANIMALS |
| General
Information |
Letitia
Abram, Media Specialist
Winchester Trail
ES
labram@canalwin.k12.oh.us
Columbus ILILE
Workshop
Wild Animal Content Pathfinder
Third Grade
Science and Language Arts
Wild Animals |
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| Academic
Content Standards |
| Life
Sciences: |
Students
demonstrate an understanding of how living systems function
and how they interact with the physical
environment.
Benchmark B. Analyze plant and animal
structures and functions needed for survival and describe the
flow of energy through a system that all organisms use to
survive.
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| English
Language Arts Informational, Technical and Persuasive
Text: |
Students
gain information from reading for purposes of learning about a
subject, doing a job, making decisions and accomplishing a
task.
Benchmark A. Use text features and structures to
organize content, draw conclusions and build text
knowledge.
Benchmark C. Identify the central ideas and
supporting details of informational text. |
| Library
Media: |
Benchmark
D. Describe types of information: facts, opinions,
primary/secondary sources; and formats of information: number,
test, sound, visual, multimedia; and use information for a
purpose.
Benchmark E. Apply a research process to
decide what information is needed, find sources, use
information and check sources.
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| Content
Information |
| This
pathfinder will highlight resources available to students
researching wild animals. |
| Dewey
Numbers |
508
509
578
590
591 |
| Subject
Headings |
Wild
Animals
Endangered Animals
Animal Habitats |
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| Nonfiction
Books |
Arnosky,
Jim. Crinkleroot's nature almanac. 1st ed. New York :
Simon
& Schuster Books For Young Readers, c1999.
Farndon,
John. The little animal encyclopedia. New York
:
Kingfisher, c2001.
Greenaway, Theresa, 1947-.
Weird creatures of the wild. 1st
American ed. New York : DK
Pub., 1997.
Kerrod, Robin. Children's encyclopedia of
the animal kingdom.
New York : Dorset Press, c1991.
Legg, Gerald. The world of animal life. North American
ed.,
U.S. ed. Milwaukee, WI : G. Stevens, 2001.
Llewellyn, Claire. Animal atlas. Chicago : World Book
in
association with Two-Can, 1998.
Pearce, Q. L.
(Querida Lee). Animal footnotes. Englewood
Cliffs, NJ :
Silver Press, c1991.
Kalman, Bobbie, 1947-. H ow do
animals find food? New York :
Crabtree Pub., c2001.
Riha, Susanne. Animal journeys : life cycles and
migrations.
1st ed. Woodbridge, Conn. : Blackbirch Press,
c1999.
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Ocean
animals. Minnetonka, Minn. : NorthWord Press, c2001.
Savage, Stephen, 1965-. Animals of the oceans. Austin,
Tex. :
Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1997.
Wild animals :
explore the fascinating world of-- Minnetonka,
Minn. :
NorthWord Press, 2000.
Ames, Lee J. Draw 50 endangered
animals. New York : Doubleday, c1992.
Walsh, Patricia,
1951-. Wild animals. Chicago : Heinemann
Library,
c2001. |
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| EBSCO
Animal Articles |
| Dolphin |
| Golden
eagle |
| King
snake |
| Great
white shark |
| Koala
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| EBSCO
Middle Search Plus Articles |
| Speeds
of Animals. World Almanac & Book of Facts, 2004, p179,
1/5p, 1 chart; Reading Level (Lexile): 840; (AN
12117563) |
| Speedy
Cheetahs. By: Churchman, Deborah. Ranger Rick, Jun2002, Vol.
36 Issue 6, p2, 8p, 7c; Reading Level (Lexile): 660; (AN
6896388) |
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| Web
Pages |
| Animal
Diversity Web |
| Smithsonian
National Zoological Park |
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| Reference
Books |
Barnes,
Simon. Planet zoo : one hundred animals we can't afford
to
lose. London : Orion Children's Books, 2000.
Burnie,
David. The Kingfisher illustrated animal encyclopedia.
1st
ed. New York : Kingfisher, 2000.
Jackson, Carolyn
(Carolyn D.). Animals. New York : Franklin
Watts,
[1999].
Johnson, Jinny. National Geographic animal
encyclopedia.
Marshall ed. Washington, D.C. : National
Geographic
Society, c2000.
Remarkable animals : a
unique encyclopaedia of wildlife wonders.
Enfield,
Middlesex : New York, N.Y. : Guinness Books ;
Distributed
by Sterling Pub. Co., c1987. |
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| Videos |
Antarctic
Animals: Living on the Edge. 3-2-1 Classroom Contact.
1991.
Zoboomafoo: Sand Creatures. PBS Kids.
2000. | | |
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