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Explain how lizards are the same and how they are different.
Book: Lizards by Laura Marsh pp. 1 – 15
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In what ways are lizards the same? In what ways are lizards different? Support your answer with two to three specific details from the text.
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Based on the table of contents, what information do you think we will learn about lizards?
An adjective is a word that describes a person, place, or thing. What adjectives does the author use to describe a lizard?
What ways are lizards the same? What ways can lizards be different?
Where do most lizards live? Why?
Why are a lizard’s scales important?
How do lizards move? Give two specific examples.
What do lizards eat? Give two specific examples.
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L.1.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
RI.1.3 — Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
RI.1.6 — Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
RI.1.7 — Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.1.1 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
RI.1.5 — Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.
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Explain how animals use different body parts to survive.
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Identify and use simple sentences with correct ending punctuation.
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Explain what it means to camouflage and give two examples of how animals use camouflage to survive.
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Explain how animals use colors to survive.
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Describe how animals use color to survive.
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Write a narrative about an animal using its color to camouflage and survive.
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Write questions using the words who, what, where, when, why, and how.
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Write four sentences that describe how a red-eyed tree frog gets its food.
Explain what different animals do if something wants to eat them.
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Debate if camouflage is the most effective way for animals to protect themselves.
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Explain how different animals rely on their brothers and sisters for survival.
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Describe how different brothers and sisters rely on each other for survival.
Describe how different animals rely on their brothers and sisters for survival.
Discuss the behaviors parents, siblings, and babies engage in to help each other survive.
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Write an informational report about a specific animal.
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Explain how frogs are the same and how they are different.
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Discuss the ways individual animals of the same kind are similar and different.
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Write a research report on an endangered species.
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