Happy Spring Break!

Happy Spring Break!
Hi Room 14!
I hope that you all have a really fantastic week off. I know that some of you will be traveling out of town, going to Arizona, New Mexico, Lake Tahoe, and even, Mexico! I can't wait to see all of you on March 31st. The next day is April 1st. Do you know that that is April Fool's Day? Mr. Sanui and I are hoping to go skiing and snowboarding in Lake Tahoe. I also want to relax and see my friends. Please collect lots of easter eggs on Sunday and try to finish your book reports EARLY. :)
Mrs. Sanui

Animal Reports!!

Animal Report!
In Language Arts, we are reading the theme "Animal Habitats."
In Science, we are beginning the life science unit on life cycles.
In writing, we will tie in the other subjects to write non-fiction expository text.

The students will use the Internet, encyclopedias, books, and other resources to find information. They will also learn how to make some slides on Microsoft Powerpoint as a part of their report.

The report will include:

• A cover (using powerpoint and the internet)
• Table of Contents
• Paragraph about the animal habitat
• Paragraph describing the animal's body
• Pictures of the animal's food with captions
• Bibliography

Students may also include:

• Picture of the animal's body with the body parts labeled
• Picture of a map of where the animal lives
• Paragraph about the animal's diet and eating habits
• Paragraph about the life cycle
• Paragraph about the behavior
  

Animal Report Notes

ANIMAL REPORT NOTES
Where does the animal live? (HABITAT):

Where in the world (which continents or countries):__________________________

Temperature/climate:__________________________________________________

Water/Rain:__________________________________________________________

Land (flat, rocky, sandy):________________________________________________

Common Plants in the Habitat: _____________________________________________________________________

Common Animals in the Habitat:_______________________________________________________________


Describe your animal (BODY):

Size (feet, inches, centimeters, heighth, width, length):__________________________

Color (reddish brown, white, etc.)__________________________________________

Outer covering (fur, shell, scales, etc.):_______________________________________

Special body parts (claws, fins, legs, sharp teeth, eyes, etc.)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What does your animal eat? (FOOD & PREDATORS):

What does your animal eat? ________________________________________________

How does your animal get food? (hunting, gathering, etc.) ________________________________________________________________________

Who are your animal’s predators? (Who kills or eats your animal?)
________________________________________________________________________

How to Write a Bibliography

How to write a bibliography:
Book with one author:
Higham, Cindy. Snowflakes for All Seasons. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2004.
The author is listed, last name first. The title is underlined. The city where the book is published is listed followed by a colon and the name of the publisher. The year the book is published is then listed followed by a period.

Book with two authors:
Rhatigan, Joe and Newcomb, Rain. The Little Engine. New York: Lark Books, 2004.

Encyclopedia:
“Human Spaceflight.” Compton’s Encyclopedia. Volume 22. Pages 250-252. Chicago, Encyclopedia,Britannica, 2004.

World Wide Web/Internet:
"Australian Scientists Prove Less Trees, Less Rain." Online. 10 March 2005.http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/syd269633.htm.
If there is an author, list it first. Title of item is underlined. [online]. Date of access and put the in brackets.

Grassland

Grassland:
1. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/grasslands.htm
2.http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm

African Elephant:
1.http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/elephant/Africancoloring.shtml
2.http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm
3.http://www.seaworld.org/Animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/proboscidea/african-elephant.htm
4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_elephant
5.http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/about_species/species_factsheets/elephants/african_elephants/index.cfm
6. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/african-elephant.html

Giraffe:
1.http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/giraffe/Giraffecoloring.shtml
2. http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm
3.http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-giraffe.html
4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe
5.http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/giraffe.html
6.http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/giraffe.html

Rhinoceros:
1.http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/rhino/Rhinoprintout.shtml
2. http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm
3.http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-rhinoceros.html
4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros
5. http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/rhinoceros.html
6. http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/rhinoceros

Lion:
1.http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/lion/coloring.shtml
2.http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm
3.http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Lion?vgnextfmt=printable
4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion
5. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-lion.html

Antelope:
1.http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/antelope/Antelopecoloring.shtml
2.http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-antelope.html
3.http://www.animalplanetasia.com/african_animals/grasslands/antelopes/index.shtml
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antelope

Desert

Desert:
1. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert.htm
2. http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/desert/index.htm


Coyote:
1. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/dog/Coyoteprintout.shtml
2. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_animal_page.htm
3.http://whozoo.org/Intro2002/BradPolenz/BPP_coyote.html
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote

Camel:
1. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/camel/Camelcoloring.shtml
2. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-camel.html
3.http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/text/desert/camel.htm
4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel

Desert Tortoise:
1. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/turtle/Destortprintout.shtml
2.http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_animal_page.htm
3.http://www.nps.gov/archive/moja/planning/tort.htm
4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Tortoise

Turkey Vulture:
1. http://www.peregrinefund.org/explore_raptors/vultures/turkevul.html
2.http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i3250id.html
3.http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Turkey_Vulture.html
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_Vulture
5. http://www.livingdesert.org/animals/turkey_vulture.asp

Rattlesnake:
1. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/reptiles/snakes/Rattlercoloring.shtml
2. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-rattlesnake.html
3. http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/snakes/facts-rattlesnake.htm
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattlesnake

Rain forest

Tropical rain forest:
1. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm
2. http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm
3. http://www.howstuffworks.com/rainforest.htm

Gorilla:
1. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/mgorilla/mgbiology.html
2. http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/mountain_gorilla.html
3. http://www.rainforestanimals.net/rainforestanimal/gorilla.html
4. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/apes/gorilla/Gorillacoloring.shtml

Hippopotamus:
1.http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/hippo/Hippoprintout.shtml
2. http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/hippopotamus
3.http://whozoo.org/Intro98/herrick/sethherr.htm
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus

Bengal Tiger:
1. http://www.rainforestanimals.net/rainforestanimal/bengaltiger.html
2. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bengal-tiger.html
3.http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/carnivora/bengal-tiger.htm
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Tiger
5. http://whozoo.org/students/deechh/bengal.htm

Piranha:
1. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/fish/printouts/Piranhaprintout.shtml
2. http://www.extremescience.com/Piranha.htm
3.http://whozoo.org/Anlife99/ryanweld/piranhaindexfinal.htm
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piranha

Toucan:
1. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Toucancoloring.shtml
2. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/toucan.html
3. http://www.rainforestanimals.net/rainforestanimal/toucan.html
4. http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/animals/toucanpage.html
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toucan
6. http://whozoo.org/Anlife99/jerejones/tocotoucanindex2.htm

Taiga

Taiga:
1. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm
2. http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/taiga/index.htm

Black Bear:
1. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ursus_americanus.html
2. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/biggame/blkbear.php
3. http://www.bearcountryusa.com/information.asp?ID=7
4. http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/blackbear.htm

Bald Eagle:
1. http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/
2. http://www.usflag.org/baldeagle.html
3. http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/bald_eagle.html
4. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002383/
5. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-bald_eagle.html

Red Fox:
1. http://www.bearcountryusa.com/information.asp?ID=16
2. http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/redfox.htm
3. http://nature.ca/notebooks/english/redfox.htm
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/137.shtml

Red-tailed hawk:
1. http://www.desertusa.com/aug96/du_hawk.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk
3. http://www.peregrinefund.org/Explore_Raptors/hawks/redtail.html
4. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-red_tailed_hawk.html

River otter:
1. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lontra_canadensis.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otter
3. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ottercam/
4. http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/learning/animals/mammals/otter
5. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-otter.html