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Discuss the ways individual animals of the same kind are similar and different.
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In what ways are individual animals of the same kind similar? In what ways can they differ?
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L.1.1.b — Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.
L.1.1.j — Produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.
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.
SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL.1.3 — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
SL.1.4 — Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
SL.1.5 — Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
SL.1.6 — Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.
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Explain how animals use different body parts to survive.
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RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1
Identify and use simple sentences with correct ending punctuation.
L.1.1.jL.1.2.bSL.1.6
Explain what it means to camouflage and give two examples of how animals use camouflage to survive.
L.1.1.jL.1.2.bL.1.4L.1.6RI.1.4RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1SL.1.2
Explain how animals use colors to survive.
L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1
Describe how animals use color to survive.
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L.1.1.jL.1.2.bL.1.4L.1.6RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7RI.1.9
3 days
Write a narrative about an animal using its color to camouflage and survive.
L.1.2SL.1.1SL.1.2W.1.3W.1.5
Write questions using the words who, what, where, when, why, and how.
L.1.1.jL.1.2.bSL.1.1
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.
L.1.1.gL.1.1.jRI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7
Debate if camouflage is the most effective way for animals to protect themselves.
RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1SL.1.2SL.1.3SL.1.5SL.1.6
Explain how different animals rely on their brothers and sisters for survival.
L.1.1.jRI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1
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.
RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1SL.1.2SL.1.3SL.1.4SL.1.5SL.1.6
4 days
Write an informational report about a specific animal.
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Explain how lizards are the same and how they are different.
L.1.4RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7
RI.1.2RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7
Explain how frogs are the same and how they are different.
RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7
RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7RI.1.9
L.1.1.bL.1.1.jRI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1SL.1.2SL.1.3SL.1.4SL.1.5SL.1.6
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Write a research report on an endangered species.
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