Nonfiction+Book+List+(Animals)+Beth+Lewis

I am using the trade books and websites listed below for my kindergarten class since quarter 4 is when we do our research papers. The kindergarteners are given the choice of an animal to pick and below where the ones students choose to research. Some choose the same animal as another and these students are paired up to look and research about that animal. The students will look at the books and we will all go through the websites together on the promethean to look at information to write their paper. I gave them three questions to find the answer to:
 * Grade Level: ** Kindergarten
 * Objective: ** Research about an animal of choice and answer three questions in a paper.

Where does your animal live? What does your animal eat? A fun fact!

I will be helping the students along in this process as kindergarten friendly books are hard to find on animals and navigating on websites is also hard for students. My students are at various reading levels some above a D and others still on an A. The websites I found with videos will be of great use to these lower level students who have trouble reading as well as my ELL student. The children all got to pick their animal so it was of their interest which will make researching more enjoyable.

Clark, W. (2011). //Gorillas life in the troop//. New York, NY: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. - //This book is all about Gorillas. It talks about baby gorillas, what they eat, where they live, and talks about how Gorillas have troops. It has many great photos and has websites to visit for more information. This book is alittle harder to read. Lexile: 2.3 // Clark, W. (2011). //Penguins life in the colony//. New York, NY: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. - //This book is all about penguins. It talks about what they eat, where they live, baby penguins, and about colonies of penguins. This is a harder book to read but has many great pictures and websites to look for further information. Lexile:2.3 // Doudna, K. (2008). //It's a baby: Moose!//. Edina, MN: ABDO Publishing Company. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book tells all about moose and on the first page has a nice layout of weight, baby name of animal, and life expectancy. It has nice pictures and fun facts on the last page. Lexile: 2.6 // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Doudna, K. (2008). //It's a baby: Raccoon!//. Edina, MN: ABDO Publishing Company. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book tells all about raccoons and on the first page has a nice layout of weight, baby name of animal, and life expectancy. It has nice pictures and fun facts on the last page. Lexile: 2.6 // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green, E. (2011). //Bears//. Minneapolis, MN: Bellwether media, Inc. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book tells all about bears. What bears can do, eat, live, and what they are. This book has easier words to read and has many great pictures if words are tougher to read. Lexile: 1.3 // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green, E. (2007). //Fireflies//. Minneapolis, MN: Bellwether media. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book tells all about fireflies, how they glow, their bodies, and what a firefly is. This book has lots of pictures and is easier to read. Lexile: 1.7 // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green, E. (2011). //Frogs//. Minneapolis, MN: Bellwether media, Inc. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book is all about frogs, how they look, where they live, what they eat, sounds they make, and tadpoles. This book gives an immense amount of information about frogs. Lexile: 1.4 // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green, E. (2011). //Foxes//. Minneapolis, MN: Bellwether media, Inc. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book tells all about foxes and how they look. It talks about where they live, what they eat and hunt and what foxes are. This is an easy read and has many photos to look at. Lexile: 1.3 // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green, E. (2011). //Turtles//. Minneapolis, MN: Bellwether media, Inc. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book is all about turtles, where they live, what they eat, how they stay safe, and how they look. This book is an easier one to read with many great pictures. Lexile:1.5 // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Herriges, A. (2007). //Oceans alive dolphins//. Minneapolis, MN: Bellwether media. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book is all about dolphins. What they eat, their sounds, where they live, and what they are. This book also has a learn more section to get more information about dolphins. Lexile: 1.8 //
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This website is great for information, videos, maps of where the animals live, photos and facts. It is very child friendly and for the little ones the videos are great. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This website is really great for kids to learn all about animals. If you click on science and then click on animals it gives an immense amount of information for kids on animals. This website is not free but some parts are. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The website is another great one for animals. You click on the animal you want and it gives where they live and basic facts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This website has videos and photos of animals and is really easy for children to navigate. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The website is great for photos, facts and addition resource listings for students to look into.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Beth, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">I came across some Listen and Read books on Scholastic's website (teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm) when I was looking for some other animal books. There are 54 nonfiction books. Twenty-one of the books are about animals. The books are either Level A or B. Some of them are about the same animal, but they are at different levels. Students can listen to the text as they follow along on the computer. Perhaps you could use these with struggling readers. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lori McInnes