Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 4A | Animals of the East African Savanna Habitat 79

 Show image 4A-14: Vultures

Up at the top of this tree I can see and hear birds that are

waiting for the lions to fi nish eating so they can have dinner. These

birds are called vultures. A vulture is a scavenger, which, as you

have learned, is an animal that eats leftovers.

 Show image 4A-15: Food chain

All of the animals and plants you’ve learned about so far are part

of something we call the food chain, which is illustrated in this image.

What do you see at the bottom of the picture? It is the savanna grass.

The arrow points from the savanna grass to the zebra because the

zebra eats the grass. The next arrow points from the zebra to the lion,

because.. .you guessed it: the lion eats the zebra. The next picture

after the lion is a picture of the soil, because eventually the lion dies

and its body becomes a part of the soil. Then more grass grows out

of that soil, and that starts the chain all over again.

Next, I think we should head to a habitat that’s a bit closer to home

and explore some plants and animals that might look quite familiar to us.

But for now, I’m going to go check out more wildlife. I’ll see you later.

Discussing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes

Comprehension Questions 10 minutes

If students have diffi culty responding to questions, reread pertinent

passages of the read-aloud and/or refer to specifi c images. If

students give one-word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud

or domain vocabulary in their responses, acknowledge correct

responses by expanding the students’ responses using richer

and more complex language. Ask students to answer in complete

sentences by having them restate the question in their responses.

1. Inferential Describe the East African savanna. [Prompt
   students as necessary to talk about the temperature, weather,
   availability of water, vegetation, etc.] (two seasons—a dry
   season and a rainy season; lots of grass; not many trees)