Home Plan - [JG3-L1-U2-LC1-1 Life Science – Mammals – Nighttime Animals]

The document encompasses strategies for engaging students in learning about nighttime animals like bats, owls, night monkeys, and hamsters. It involves activities focusing on understanding vocabulary words and selected texts, discussing animal behaviors, introducing relevant vocabulary words, and previewing stories such as “Bat Loves the Night” while emphasizing setting reading goals and predicting story content. The sections provide guidance on questions, activities, and tasks related to the animals discussed, encouraging comprehensive learning through discussions and interactions with the material.

Contents

• Pages 1—20: Engaging nighttime animals.
• Pages 21—42: Engaging students learning
• Pages 43—46: Reading activity tips.

This section of the document provides tips for engaging students in discussions and activities related to nighttime animals. It includes strategies for helping students understand the selected text and target vocabulary words. Additionally, it presents information about nighttime animals such as bats, owls, lightning bugs, and details about their behavior and habits. There are also explanations of vocabulary words related to these animals, such as “squeak” and “slithers.” The text provides guidance on questions and activities related to identifying animals that slither, understanding coral reefs, and discussing the characteristics of night monkeys.

This section from the document provides tips on how to engage students in learning about nighttime animals like night monkeys and hamsters. It emphasizes activities such as looking at pictures, reading selected text, understanding vocabulary words, and answering questions with the help of a teacher. The text discusses the behaviors of night monkeys and hamsters, including how they sleep and their activities at night. It also introduces vocabulary words such as “snuggle,” “snooze,” “grumpy,” and “twitch,” and encourages students to comprehend and use these terms in context. Additionally, it previews a story titled “Bat Loves the Night” and introduces the author and illustrator, preparing students to read and discuss the narrative nonfiction text. The document emphasizes setting reading purposes and predicting the content of the anchor text through examining pictures.

This section provides tips and reminders for a reading activity involving the story “Bat Loves the Night.” It includes instructions such as understanding action verbs, previewing the story, setting a purpose for reading, identifying certain words from the text, reflecting on what was learned during the lesson, and completing tasks related to the anchor text. There is also a note to review the lesson and preview the next one, with specific instructions on completing tasks in the review book and uploading them.