Wildlife+At+Risk

In fifth grade at my school, students spend a great deal of the school year learning about the environment, habitats, biomes, and plant and animal roles in these various environments. These books will be used in supporting this science unit. As a special education teacher, I have worked closely with the regular education teachers on these units. The students that I support specifically have a variety of reading level. It is necessary to have these books, at a variety of levels to allow them to all have information they can relate to, and to connect to the content they are learning in the regular education science classroom. In addition to this science unit, there is an extensive fifth grade project where each student focuses on a specific species and develops many components to put together on a presentation board. Components of this project consist of a research paper and poetry they write in language arts class, maps they create in social studies, an interactive component in science, and a data-driven graph they develop in their math class. These books will be used in my language arts class to reinforce the information they are learning in science, as well as providing resources for their research project. The list is as follows:
 * Nonfiction Trade Books (Wildlife At Risk) **


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//Cougar: A Cat with Many Names // (2012) [|__Stephen__] Person : Bear Port Publishing. This book discusses a wildlife biologists experiences with cougars. It also provides detailed information about cougars, habitat, and their interaction living amongst humans. Lexile: 1010L.

//My Life with the Chimpanzees // (1996) Jane Goodall: Aladdin. This book is an account of the authors’ experience working with animals. It talks about her life and her path leading to her career working with animals. Age: 8-12.

//Animal 911: Poaching and Illegal Trade // (2013) [|__Nicole__] Shea: Gareth Stevens Publishing. This book focuses on a few different animals and their specific reasons for being endangered or at-risk. Age: 8-11.

//Snowy Owls // (2014) [|__Jennifer__] Zeiger: Children’s Press CT. This is a book about snow owls, and detailed information about how this animal lives and where they live. Age: 8-11.

//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Wolves //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> (2012) Charnan Simon: Scholastic Library Publishing. This book is all about wolves and goes into great detail on how they live in packs and how they hunt. It also covers information on the efforts to prevent their extinction. Age: 8-11.

//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition amongst Snow Leopards in Mongolia //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">(2009) [|__Sy__] Montgomery: HMH Books for Young Readers. This book is about a detailed expedition of a scientific encounter studying show leopards. Age: 10.

//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Once a Wolf: How Wildlife Biologists Fought to Bring Back the Gray Wolf //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> (2001) [|__Stephen__] R. Swinburne: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH). This book is about wolves and the history of the human and wolf relationship. It is a detailed account of how scientists improved populations for this specie that was close to extinction. Age: 10-14.

//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Gorillas, Gentle Giants of the Forest //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">(1997) [|__Joyce__] Milton: Random House Books for Young Readers. This is a lower level reader book that talks about gorillas, and covers basic information on the animal. Age: 6-8. Lexile: 580L.

//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Saving Animal Babies: National Geographic Readers //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> (2013) [|__Amy__] Shields: Scholastic. This book is about different animal babies who were rescued and cared for by humans. Grade Level Equivalent: 3.0.

//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Can We Save the Tiger? //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">(2010) [|__Martin__] Jenkins: Candlewick Press. This is a book written by a conservation biologist on saving the tiger. Age: 5-8 years. Lexile: 970L.

//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">The Path of the Pronghorn //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> (2010) Pat Urbigkit: Boyds Mills Press. This book is about a fascinating animal that lives in North America. It specifically covers a specific herd. Lexile: 1100L.


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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">http://www.arkive.org/species/ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">This is a website that has an extensive list of a variety of species. Students can choose specific species, and find information about them, where they live, habitat, status, threats, and conservation needs.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> [|__http://www.defenders.org/__] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">The Defenders is a specific organization working on species conservation needs. It gives information on conservation, as well as their work, and how to take action. This website also covers specific information on specific species.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> [|__http://www.fws.gov/endangered/species/us-species.html__] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">This website is run for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It covers information on their ecological services, as well as a database on different species all over the world.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> [|__http://www.worldwildlife.org/__] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> The World Wildlife Fund is an organization that works to protect and preserve different species. This website covers specific information on their organization, what they do, what you can do, as well as provides information on specific species.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> [|__http://www.edgeofexistence.org/__] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> EDGE stands for Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered. They are a conservation, awareness organization. They also cover a variety of species, but also has a section on extraordinary species.