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Students will describe what nocturnal animals do at night.
Vocabulary: fiction, hunt, joeys, swoop, nocturnal
Science Focus: animal behavior
Watch a Video: Creatures of the Night
Read the Issue:
Whoooo Is Awake at Night?
Play a Game: Owl on the Prowl
Skill: rhyming
Complete Skill Sheets
Reading Checkpoint
Skill: key details
Color By Vowel Sound
Skill: phonics
Main Idea and Details
Skill: main idea and details
Lesson Boosters
Paired Text: Little Owl’s Night by Divya Srinivasan
Word Hunt: Plural Nouns
Vocabulary: noctural
Hands-on Activity: Make a Night Scene
CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.1.1 key details; RF.1.2 phonological awareness; RF.1.3 phonics and word analysis; SL.1.1 collaborative conversations; L.1.2 standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling; L.1.6 use new vocabulary; RL.1.1 key details; RL.1.5 fiction vs. nonfiction; W.1.8 gather information
Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.
Skill: writing, drawing, fine-motor skills
Materials: My Forest Night Scene skills sheet, scissors, glue, crayons or colored pencils