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Academic Standards

 

Learning Objective: 

Children will compare and contrast two nocturnal animals.

 

Science Focus:

nocturnal animals

 

Page 4 Skill:

read a chart

 

Vocabulary:

nocturnal, grub, insect

 

CCSS (and states that have similar standards):

RI.K.1 key details, RI.K.4 vocabulary, RI.K.3 compare and contrast, RF.K.2.A rhyming words, RL.K.1 key details (literature), SL.K.1 collaborative discussions, SL.K.2 confirm understanding by answering questions

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Watch the video

Build background knowledge about nocturnal animals by watching “Criaturas de la noche.” When you’re done watching, ask the following question: ¿Por qué algunos animales están despiertos de noche?

Preview new vocabulary words

Preview new vocabulary words. Project the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce this issue’s featured words.

Set a purpose for reading

  • Have students do a picture walk through the issue. Then read and discuss the cover.
  • Then, before turning to page 2, say, “Mientras leemos el artículo, pensemos en qué se parecen y en qué se diferencian los aye-ayes y los murciélagos.”
  • Read “El aye-aye de noche,” stopping at the end to check comprehension. Do the same for “El murciélago de noche."
  • Next, read the horizontally adjacent texts so students can focus on comparing and contrasting. After reading each set of texts, ask students how the animals are alike and similar. Record their responses on chart paper.
  • When you’re done reading, have a vote to see which animal students think is cooler!
  • Complete the page 4 activity as a group or individually.
  • When you’re done reading, do the ¡BAILA BAILA!

Play the online game: ¿Qué dijo el murciélago?

(skill: rhyming words)

Complete a hands-on activity: Los aye-ayes y los murciélagos.

Children complete a Venn diagram to show how aye-ayes and bats are alike and different. (skill: compare and contrast)

Read a paired text: Animales nocturnos

In Animales nocturnos by Gianna Marino, a possum and his friends are afraid of the night animals they hear in the dark . . . until they realize they are the night animals!