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Children will identify characteristics of cave-dwelling animals.
Science Focus: organisms and environments
Watch a Video: Inside Cool Caves
Skill: build knowledge
Read the Issue:
What's Inside a Cave?
Play a Game: What Is the Middle Sound?
Skill: short vowel sounds
Complete Skill Sheets
Reading Checkpoint
Skill: key details
Main Idea and Details Chart
Skill: main idea and details
A Letter from Norbert Know-It-All
Skills: text evidence, writing
Lesson Boosters
Phonics Hunt: short i
Shared Writing: Write to Norbert!
Hands-on Activity: Make Your Own Bat
CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.8, RF.1.2.A, W.1.2, L.1.1
Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.
Skill: key details, writing
Materials: "Bat Facts Sentence Strips" skill sheets, toilet paper tube, black and white paint, paintbrushes, black construction paper, glue, white pencil or crayon