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    Science Text Set for Grade 3

    Theme: Animal Adaptations for Survival


    SOL Addressed:
    3.4 The student will investigate and understand that adaptations allow
    organisms to satisfy life needs and respond to environment.
    b) adaptations may be behavioral or physical
    Rationale: I chose this theme because inferences and conclusions become
    important in order to analyze and examine the life needs of animals to see that it is
    important to know animals’ adaptations and how the environment influences
    certain adaptations for survival. Students exposed to linguistic materials at
    different reading levels and nonlinguistic for those that are more visual learners are
    included in this text set. For social justice, animals have rights too, so an
    introduction to Jane Goodall, the first noted female ethologist, who fights and
    supports every day for girls in science and for the rights of animals has been added
    to this set.
    Anchor Text:
    Sable, J., Khodaparast, G. A., Rexrode, K., Just, W., Brand, B., Formaggio, J., Garrett, J., Ligon,
    B., Matusevich, M., Zeigler, D. J., Linton, B., Swenson, L., Samuels, L., Ellington, M., &
    Arnold, L. (2012). Exploring science all around us. Five Ponds Press.

    The unit on physical and behavioral adaptations is on a 5th Grade level.


    Below Level Text: (K-2nd Grade)

    Albee, S., & Mazali, G. (2020). Jane Goodall a champion of Chimpanzees.


    Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

    This is a beginning reader book with animation and facts about Jane
    Goodall’s life and her accomplishments as a behavioral scientist that has written
    books and has started youth and global organizations. The end of the book has
    actual photographs and website links to learn more about her organizations.
    Allen, J., & Humphries, T. (2019). Are you a ladybug? Kingfisher.

    Beautiful illustrations of a ladybug showing the process of


    hatching and the changes the insect goes through to look like
    the ladybug humans know. Then discusses the physical
    adaptation at the end that protects a ladybug from predators.

    Anderson, J. (2009). Nature's miracles: Once there was a Tadpole. Scholastic.

    A book telling the story of a brother and sister experiencing the


    tadpoles’ adventures starting with being eggs to growing into a
    frog. This book has a parent guide to help have discussions about the vocabulary
    that is being introduced and the phases a frog goes through. The illustrations
    throughout the story have think bubbles for the characters and all the animals so
    that you know what each is thinking to reinforce what is being taught.

    Fleming, D. (2013). Time to sleep. Henry Holt and


    Company.

    Font size is big for reading the story about


    animals preparing for hibernation. Fall colors in
    the background with visual of different animals that is very appealing to the eye.
    Wallace, K. (2017). A bed for the Winter. DK Publishing Inc.

    A beginning reader that discusses what different animals need to do to prepare for
    winter and their adaptations. Beautiful photographs of each animal with small
    boxes of a picture of each animal’s home with the vocabulary term.

    On Level Text: (3rd Grade)

    Marsh, L. (2017). Weird sea creatures. Harper Collins Publishers.

    An informational text about weird looking sea creatures and how


    their physical adaptations help them survive in the deep ocean.
    Lots of text features used throughout the book. Beautiful
    photographs, captions, and text boxes with interesting facts.

    Marsh, L. F. (2010). Whales. Scholastic Inc.

    An informational text about the migration of whales. This book has


    maps showing the migrations. Wonderful colorful photos to engage
    students. Lot of text features are used properly in this text.
    Meltzer, B., & Eliopoulos, C. (2017). I am Jane Goodall. Scholastic Inc.

    This is a wonderful little book that is about Jane Goodall’s life. It


    is like a graphic novel with cute illustrations. I especially like the
    page where Jane is a kid and she puts earthworms under her pillow, then her mom
    finds out and she looks like she is going to puke. There are speech bubbles
    through out the story which this age group loves.

    Silverman, B. (2010). Do you know about reptiles? Lerner


    Publications.

    This text has lots of great pictures and facts about


    physical adaptations of reptiles. Each page has text boxes that explains an
    important fact about the animals feature and how it helps the reptile adapt to the
    environment.

    Above Level Text: (4th & above)

    Cole, J., Degan, B., White, N., & Gangloff, H. (2003). Scholastic's The Magic
    School Bus Butterfly Battle, Bk. 16: Science chapter book series. Scholastic Inc.

    A chapter book with visuals that are labeled with facts that tells and
    entertaining story of Mrs. Frizzle’s fieldtrip to Butterfly Land. The
    characters write facts about butterflies like the types of butterflies, the life cycle,
    their migration, and their adaptations for survival.
    Edwards, R., & O'Brien, J. (2016). Who is Jane Goodall? Scholastic Inc.

    This is a nonfiction chapter book about Jane Goodall, who was a famous female
    ethologist. Not only did she study chimpanzee’s behaviors, but she also wrote
    books and was involved with animal rights. Readers above level enjoy the Who is
    books.

    Heller, R. (1994). How to hide a polar bear: & other mammal. Grosset &
    Dunlap.

    Beautiful illustrations that demonstrate how each animal’s


    coverings help them, camouflage, hide themselves from
    predators. This is a great visual and the vocabulary makes this story above level.

    Marsh, L. (2010). National Geographic Kids Readers: Great migrations


    butterflies. National Geographic Society.

    This book uses a lot of text features. Lots of photographs with


    captions, text boxes and circles with vocabulary or important facts. There are also
    maps and diagrams in this text.
    Marsh, L. F. (2010). Great Migrations. elephants. National Geographic.

    This text has physical and behavioral adaptations about Elephants. The
    photographs are amazing, and it has a lot of eye catching text features. There is a
    page that has a diagram of an elephant that is labeled with its physical adaptations
    and their purpose. This book is also fun and engaging with text boxes that asks
    questions or gives weird facts.

    Other Media:

    YouTube. (2021). Animal Adaptations and Behaviors. YouTube. Retrieved September 30, 2022,
    from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_AP5iiaN3I.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_AP5iiaN3I
    This website provided by Mighty Owl Science called Animal Adaptations and
    Behaviors for 3rd Grade. It has diverse characters throughout the video sharing
    vocabulary that would be great for an introduction to adaptations.

    YouTube. (2020). Animal Adaptations for Kids, Learn about physical, life cycle, and behavioral
    adaptations of animals. YouTube. Retrieved September 30, 2022, from
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2MibjJgyjs.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2MibjJgyjs
    This video starts with diverse children and families comparing how we adapt to our
    world and how animals adapt to their environment physically and behavioral. The
    video demonstrates with different types of animals on how they migrate, hibernate,
    and camouflage. This would be a great video reinforce what had been taught in the
    science lessons.
    Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. (2019). Investigating adaptations - natural history
    museum. Investigating Adaptations. Retrieved September 30, 2022, from
    https://nhm.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/4_-_investigating_adaptations.pdf

    https://nhm.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/4_-_investigating_adaptations.pdf
    This is a PDF from the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. I know that it is
    stated for 4th grade, but how fun would this be to show photographs of extinct
    animals and have students work in groups to figure out its physical adaptations.
    For higher level thinking, the discussion of the environment and the animals’
    adaptations on how they impact one another. There is also a section where the
    students can create their own poem and give an oral presentation. There is a rubric
    for the teacher.

    YouTube. (2010). Jane Goodall-Animal Rights Activist. YouTube. Retrieved September 30,
    2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ggIWRCcGaQ.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ggIWRCcGaQ
    The video is a biography on Jane Goodall. I have used this previously during the
    month of March for Women’s History, so I thought this could be a great addition
    so that students are able to see actual photos of historical events.

    Lora, Lora, Browsing the Atlas on February 5, & 5, L. on F. (2015, May 18). Peek-a-Boo, why
    don't I see you? Words On A Limb. Retrieved September 29, 2022, from
    https://wordsonalimb.com/2015/01/27/peek-a-boo-why-dont-i-see-you/

    This site had a poem about hibernation, migration, and camouflage during the
    wintertime. It also has arts and crafts ideas, sorts for a venn diagram, and a writing
    template.

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