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ABC Animals and Insects by:
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Introduction Task Resources Web Sites Process Glossary Evaluation Conclusion Teaching Guide
Welcome students to the ABC Animals and Insects quest. Your job is to locate animals for your assigned letters. You will use teacher selected webquests to accomplish this. When everyone has completed the required tasks for each of their letters, the information will be compiled into a class ABC book. So, let us move on into the wild world of ABC animals and insects. Good Luck!
Your task is to create a class ABC book of animals and insects.
Choose an animal or insect for each of your assigned letters.
Read a variety of ABC books to analyze style, format, illustrations, etc.
Research your animal and insects using the internet, encyclopedias and books about animals and insects.
Collect information and illustrations for each animal or insect.
Create individual pages for each animal or insect.
Create class book with assistance from teacher.
Bind the book with assistance from teacher.
Create a web page about your animals or insects with assistance from teacher.
Books:
BOX TURTLE AT LONG POND*, William T. George.
Greenwillow Books, New York; 1989
COME OUT, MUSKRATS*, Jim Arnosky. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books, New York
DRAGONFLIES, Cynthia Overbeck. Lerner Publications, Minneapolis; 1982
MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS*, Robert McCloskey. The Viking Press, Inc., New York;
1971
PUDDLES AND PONDS*, Rose Wyler. J. Messner, New York; 1990
Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Birds, Arnosky
It Could Still Be a Mammal, Fowler
Burton, John and Angela Royston. Mammals of North America. San Diego:
Thunder Bay Press 1995
Walters, Martin and Jinny Johnson. Animals of the World. UK: Parragon,
1999
Brandenberg, Aliki. My Visit to the Zoo. USA: Harperchildrens 1997
Books in Class:
Other Resources in Class: (Workbooks, articles, etc.)
National Wildlife Federation Educator Workshop
Interactive page about squirrels
Numerous Links to a Variety of Animals
Critter Cam for Kids: Animal information and pictures
Common Mammals of South Africa: Information and pictures
Univ. of Il. Extension: The Adventures of Herman the Earthworm
Insects and Spiders: Facts, Pictures, Activities
Animal Planet-Spidermania: Spider information and pictures
The Butterfly Farmer: Information on Butterflies
Games to play when finished with work:
Primary Games: Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
Animated ABC Picture Book (Plus other stories)
ABC Games (ABC sounds, keyboard practice, fill in missing letters)
ABC Chart (Click on letters to read about letter and corresponding picture)
ABC Organizer (Type words for letters of the alphabet)
The adventures of Herman The Earthworm: Activities
National Geographic: Artic Adventure Quiz
National Geographic: Into the Deep Quiz
Links to Animal Alphabet Letters:
Animal ABC Letters to Color and Write (D'Nealian Method)
Animal ABC Letters to Write (Zaner Bloser Traditional Manuscript)
1. Obtain your list of letters from your teacher.
2. Select the animals or insects for your assigned letters.
3. Read a variety of ABC books to analyze style, format, illustrations,
ect.
4. Starting with one animal or insect, research your animal or insect
using the internet or books about animals.
5. If necessary, download any information about your animal or insect
from the internet.
6. With this information, write a 3-5 sentence paragraph about your
animal or insect. This information should include the animal's habitat,
diet, and country of origin.
7. On the same page as the information, depict an illustration for your
animal or insect either by drawing a picture taking a picture with a
camera, or downloading a picture off the internet.
8. Repeat the same process for your other animals or insects.
9. Create a class book with teacher's assistance.
10. Bind the book with teacher's assistance.
11. Create a web page with teacher's assistance.
Glossary:Habitat: A habitat is the place where an animal lives. It provides the animal with everything it needs to survive-- food, water, and shelter.
Diet: What an animal consumes by eating and drinking.
Country of Origin: The country the animal originates from.
Webquests: The process of location information from the internet.
The following grade sheet will be used to grade your ABC book:
| Paragraph: 15 10 5 0
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Habitat | Diet | Country of Origin |
| Quality of Work:
10 8 5 2
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Final paper is free of smudges and erasures. typed work is neat, written work is in best handwriting. | Final illustrations are free of smudges and erasures. | Illustrations are colored neatly and in the lines. |
| Illustration: 15 10 5 0
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Color | Accurate Detail | Necessary Body Parts |
| Cooperate Worker:
10 8 5 2
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Quiet Worker | Met Timelines | Stayed on Task |
Click here for a printable page of student evaluation chart.
When you have finished the class ABC book, you will be an expert in internet webquests, collecting, organizing, and publishing information, drawing, picture taking, and downloading pictures from the internet, and familiar with the process of publishing a book for yours and others' enjoyment!
