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Children will identify several nocturnal animals and the sounds they make.

Vocabulary: nocturnal, pack, spots

Science Focus: nocturnal animals

  1. Watch a Video:

    What’s That Spooky Sound?

     

  2. Read the Issue:

    Things That Go BUMP and AWOOO in the Night

     

  3. Review Vocabulary Words:

    nocturnal, pack, spots

     

  4. Play a Game:

    Owl on the Prowl: A Rhyming Game

    Skill: rhyming

     

  5. Complete Skill Sheets

    Show What You Know

    Skill: comprehension
     

    My Nocturnal Animal

    Skill: writing and drawing

     

    C Is For Coyote

    Skill: alphabet knowledge

     

     

  6. Lesson Boosters

  • Paired Text:
    Night Animals by Gianna Marino

     

  • Vocabulary:

    Nocturnal Word Wall

     

  • Scavenger Hunt: 

    c

     

  • Hands-on Activity:

    Nocturnal Animal Art

     

CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.K.1 key details, RI.K.4 vocabulary, RF.K.2.A rhyming words, RF.K.3.A letters and sounds, RL.K.1 key details (literature)

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

Paired Text: Night Animals 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!

Vocabulary: Nocturnal Word Wall

  • Start a nocturnal word wall! Come up with night-themed words, like dark, spooky, stars, moon, raccoon, howl, bedtime, and so on.
  • When you have plenty of words, use them to make a spooky story!

Scavenger Hunt: c

  • C is for coyote! Work together to find and circle all the c’s in the issue.

Hands-on Activity: Nocturnal Animal Art

Skill: art, apply knowledge

Materials: black construction paper, gray or yellow construction paper, twigs, googly eyes, silver glitter paint or glitter glue (optional)

  • This project is quick and easy and makes for a great display and discussion starter! Give each child a sheet of black construction paper. Kids can paint a thin layer of silver glitter paint or glitter glue for a twinkling stars effect.
  • Have kids glue a gray or yellow circle near the top for a moon, and glue twigs on the paper for trees. Now they have a nighttime forest!
  • Finally, have kids glue pairs of googly eyes in different spots on the paper. When finished, display kids’ work and talk about who is hiding in the forest! What nocturnal animal might each pair of eyes belong to?