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You are purchasing the paperback format of this book. How to Use the
Mammals - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
• Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations.
• Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills.
• Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go.
• Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes!
Click
HERE to view sample pages from this book.
Tips:
• Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs.
• Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine.
• To download the graphic organizers labeled "GO" in the Table of Contents click
HERE.
• Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson.
The
Mammals - Common Core Lessons and Activities includes:
• Reading for Information
• Higher-Order Thinking
• Writing Problems
• Primary Source Analysis
• Vocabulary
• Graphic Organizers
• Map Activities
• & More!
Here is the Table of Contents for the
Mammals - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
What Are Mammals?: Reading Informational Text
Prehistoric Mammals: Ordering Events
Classification of Mammals: Interpreting Visual Information
Specialized Characteristics: Compare & Contrast
Meeting Basic Needs: Reading Informational Text
My Needs: Graphic Organizer G
Mammals and Us: Reading Informational Text G
Fur and Hair: Concepts & Processes
Keeping Cool & Staying Warm: Cause & Effect G
The Mammal Report: Research & Presentation G
A Bite to Eat: Concepts & Processes G
Types of Mammals: Reading Informational Text GO2
Caring for Their Young: Reading Informational Text
Placental Orders: Classifying Information
Endangered and Extinct: Reading Informational Text
Fighting Mammal Extinction: Problem-Solution-Results GO6
The Wise Platypus: Primary Source Analysis
Mammal Vocabulary: Vocabulary G
Common Core State Standards Correlations
G: Includes Graphic Organizer
GO: Graphic Organizer is also available 8 1/2" x 11" online download HERE.
(numbers above correspond to the graphic organizer numbers online)