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Children will compare and contrast two kinds of owls.

Vocabulary: burrow, owlets, nocturnal, talons

Science Focus: animals and habitats

  1. Watch a Video:

    Owls Do the Strangest Things

     

  2. Read the Issue:

    It’s Wake-up Time!

     

  3. Review Vocabulary Words:

    burrow, owlets, nocturnal, talons

     

  4. Play a Game:

    Owl on the Prowl: A Rhyming Game

    Skill: rhyming words

     

  5. Complete Skill Sheets

    Show What You Know

    Skill: comprehension

    Label the Owl

    Skills: labeling

     

  6. Lesson Boosters

  • Paired Text: 

    Little Owl’s Night and Little Owl’s Day
    by Divya Srinivasan

     

  • Shared Writing: Owl Journals

     

  • Scavenger Hunt: O Is for Owl

     

  • Hands-on Activity:

    Cupcake Liner Owls

     

CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.K.1 key details, RI.K.4 vocabulary, RF.K.2.A rhyming words, RL.K.1 key details (literature), W.K.8 writing

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

Paired Text: Little Owl’s Night and Little Owl’s Day by Divya Srinivasan

  • In these charming stories, Little Owl describes his forest home at night and during the day.

Shared Writing: Owl Journals

  • Together, write a journal entry as an owl. Use the issue to write one entry from the point of view of a night owl and one entry from the point of view of a day owl.
  • Have children dictate their ideas as you write. Kids can also come up and write any letters or words they may know.

Scavenger Hunt: O Is for Owl

  • Together, hunt for and circle the word owl each time it appears. Do kids also see it as part of a longer word? (owlets)

Hands-on Activity: Cupcake Liner Owls

Skill: art, fine-motor

Materials: cupcake liners, construction paper, brown paper bags, glue

  • IIf you like, you can precut the shapes needed from colored construction paper. Cut orange triangles for beaks. Cut white circles for the eyes and smaller black circles for the pupils (or you can use googly eyes).
  • For each owl, flatten a cupcake liner and fold each side toward the center to make wings. Fold the top edge down to make the head and glue into place. Then glue on the construction paper eyes and beaks.
  • For a cute display, cut off the bottoms of brown paper bags and roll them up to make branches. Glue a few branches on a background. Then glue on a few owls to perch on each branch!